Indo

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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

  1. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 41 p.17
  2. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 39 p. 23
  3. ↑ Parma Eldalamberon 17 pp.155, 179, 189
  4. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 41 p.13
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies p. 361
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One p.343
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