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Quenya (IPA: [ˈkʷwɛnja]) was the language spoken by the non-Telerin Elves who reached Valinor. Sindarin however, almost like Quenya's simplified form, lasted many ages longer being spoken by Elves - and it is Sindarin, not Quenya, that is referred to by the modern term "Elvish". The written script alphabet of the Elven languages is typically Tengwar, known also as the Fëanorian Characters ...
Dec 25, 2023 · Eärendil the Mariner was one of the Half-elven, and an important figure in the legends of the Elder Days. Descended from all Three Houses of the Edain, he was the first known person to reach Aman in the First Age after the Noldor went into exile. He was crucial in the War of Wrath and the patriarch of the line of the Kings of Númenor through ...
Jun 15, 2023 · Arda ( Q: "Realm") was the Quenya name for the world as a whole. Arda was created within Eä by Eru Ilúvatar. It was then shaped by the Valar, with continental masses such as Middle-earth and Aman, and oceans, like Belegaer . Arda was the home of Elves, Men, Dwarves and other races as well as the kelvar and olvar.
A small number of English names are Elvish words themselves; translations for those Elvish words are given in the form of "tr. Elv.". For girls' names, I have added the feminine suffixes "iel" and "wen" to most of them, making a translation of the name Adele (meaning Noble) "Arwen" (Noble Maiden).
Quenya grammar. Quenya is a constructed language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien, and used in his fictional universe, Middle-earth. Here is presented a resume of the grammatical rules of late Quenya as established from Tolkien's writings c. 1951–1973. It is almost impossible to extrapolate the morphological rules of the Quenya tongue from ...
Tani. [ 2 syll. ta - ni, tan -i ] The baby girl name Tani is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced as Taa-Niy- †. 1: Tani is of African-Hausa origin and it is used mainly in Hausa. The meaning of Tani is 'born on Monday'. It is derived from the word litinin with the meaning 'Monday'. The name is from the Hausa people in West Africa, who ...
why some information is considered outdated. There are two things that one can mean by "outdated": Tolkien kept changing his mind about many issues, e. g. In the 1930-40 predecessor of Sindarin, Noldorin, the word for "demon" was rhaug, but in Sindarin the word was instead "raug", because Tolkien decided that primitive r didn't become rh any ...
