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More specifically, ''Indo'' has several meanings concerning the mind or the mood: "inner heart, mood", "state (of mind)"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 39]] p. 23</ref>, "mind, region/range of thought" "inner thought, in [[fea]] as exhibited in character"<ref>[[Parma Eldalamberon 17]] pp.155, 179, 189</ref>, "resolve, will"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 41]] p.13</ref>. | More specifically, ''Indo'' has several meanings concerning the mind or the mood: "inner heart, mood", "state (of mind)"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 39]] p. 23</ref>, "mind, region/range of thought" "inner thought, in [[fea]] as exhibited in character"<ref>[[Parma Eldalamberon 17]] pp.155, 179, 189</ref>, "resolve, will"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 41]] p.13</ref>. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''Indo'' comes from [[ | ''Indo'' comes from [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[ID]]<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]] p. 361</ref>, perhaps the [[Primitive Quendian]] form was *''idnô'' | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*[[Túrindo]] | *[[Túrindo]] | ||
Revision as of 15:29, 3 July 2010
Indo is a Quenya word for "the mind (in its purposing faculty) or will"[1].
More specifically, Indo has several meanings concerning the mind or the mood: "inner heart, mood", "state (of mind)"[2], "mind, region/range of thought" "inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character"[3], "resolve, will"[4].
Etymology
Indo comes from Root ID[5], perhaps the Primitive Quendian form was *idnô
Examples
Cognates
Other versions
In Tolkien's earlier Qenya, indo meant "house"[6]
References
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 41 p.17
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 39 p. 23
- ↑ Parma Eldalamberon 17 pp.155, 179, 189
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 41 p.13
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies p. 361
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One p.343
