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'''''windan''''' was a tribe of the [[Avari]].
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'''Windan''' 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>


The final ''-n'' could be a plural marker, possibly related to the rare plural ''-n'' in some plural forms of [[Sindarin]]<ref>[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/sindarin.htm#in-plurals]</ref> such as ''[[el|elin]]'' or ''[[caun|conin]]'', and some cases of [[Quenya]] (''-ion, -essen, -illon'')
==See also==
* [[Kindi]]
* [[Cuind]]
* [[Kinn-lai]]
* [[Hwenti]]
* [[Penni]]
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[[Category:Avarin words]]
[[Category:Avarin words]]
[[Category:Avari]]
[[Category:Elven peoples]]

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Windan
People
General Information
Languagesone of the many Avarin languages
Physical Description
LifespanImmortal

Windan were one of the only six tribes of the Avari mentioned.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

It is an Avarin word meaning "the People". It derives from Primitive Quendian kwendī.[1]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 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