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Revision as of 10:40, 29 December 2011
KWE is an Elvish etymological base that expresses concepts of articulate speech and (subsequently) an eloquent being, a person.
KWENE
KWENE is an extension of KWE[1], the basis for the concept of "person", beings capable of articulate speech, hence "persons" as opposed to animals lacking any form of language. and specifically an Elf, since the Elves were the first speakers who defined themselves.
- Primitive Quendian: kwene > kwên, kwende
- Quenya: Quendë (Calaquendi, Moriquendi, Quendya > Quenya), quen (aiquen, roquen)
- Telerin: Pendi (Calapendi, Moripendi), pen (aipen, arpen, ilpen)
- Sindarin: ben, arben, calben, morben, orodben, rochben
KWETE
Another derivative of the root KWE, related directly to speech.
See also
Other versions
The older Etymologies give the root as KWEN-ED, simply meaning "Elf" without other semantic varieties.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, Quendi and Eldar p. 391-392
