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'''Kinn-lai''' were | '''Kinn-lai''' were one of the only six tribes of the [[Avari]] mentioned. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
It is an [[Avarin]] word meaning "the People". It derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[kwende|kwendī]]''.<ref name=Author>{{WJ|Author}}, Note 9, p. 410</ref> | It is an [[Avarin]] word meaning "the People". It derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[kwende|kwendī]]''.<ref name=Author>{{WJ|Author}}, Note 9, p. 410</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Kindi]] | |||
* [[Cuind]] | |||
* [[Hwenti]] | |||
* [[Windan]] | |||
* [[Penni]] | |||
==Portrayal in adaptations== | ==Portrayal in adaptations== |
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Kinn-lai were one of the only six tribes of the Avari mentioned.
Etymology
It is an Avarin word meaning "the People". It derives from Primitive Quendian kwendī.[1]
See also
Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Kinn-lai, an articulation of "Quendi" (the most ancient name of the Elves), is also the name of a tribe of Avari Elves of the jungles of the Mûmakan in the Utter South of Middle-earth.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Author's Notes to Quendi and Eldar", Note 9, p. 410
- ↑ Mark R. Feil (1997), Hands of the Healer (#2026), p. 18