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<I> I (1. pers. sg) inye (independent pronoun, used for emphasis: *"even I"), -n or -nye (endings used on verbs, e.g. avan, vanye "I [-n/-nye] will not", maruvan "I [-n] will abide"). The long form -nye must be used if another pronominal ending is to be added after it: utuvienyes, "I [-nye-] have found it [-s]". In the "Arctic" sentence, ni is translated "I"; this may be a shorter (non-emphatic?) form of inye. The dative pronoun nin "for me" is transparently ni + the dative ending -n; other case endings may also be added to ni. -LR:61, WJ:371, LotR:1008/1003, Arct ICE helce; ICE-COLD helca (so in LT1:254 and Silm; Etym has helc, evidently a misprint - it would be the only Quenya word ending in -lc in the entire corpus.) -LT1:254/Silm:433/KHEL DEA intya (guess, supposition), *selma (?) ("a fixed idea, will". In WJ:319, the word is given as Selma, but S (th) would become s in Noldorin Quenya. Cf. Sinde, sinde in WJ:384; see GREY) -INK, WJ:319 IDOL cordon -LT1:257 IDRIL Itaril, Itarille, Itarilde (obsoleting Irilde in LT2:343) -PM:346/Silm:436 IF ANYBODY aiquen (whoever) -WJ:372 ILL laiwa (sick, sickly) -SLIW ILL-SHAPEN nauca (hard, twisted, *small - see SMALL.) -WJ:413 ILLUMINATE calya- -KAL IMAGINATION nause (?) -NOWO IMMORTAL ilfirin -PHIR IMMOVEABLE tulca (firm, strong, steadfast; Note: there is a homonym meaning "fix, set up, establish") -TULUK cf. LT1:270 IMPLEMENT (prob. noun) yaima -GL:37 IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOUNT unyarima ("sc. because all the facts are not known, or the tale is too long"), IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY/PUT INTO WORDS uquetima (unpronounceable, unspeakable) -WJ:370 IMPULSE hore; IMPULSION horea -KHOR IN mi (within), IN THE mi (for *mi i?) (The version of Nam in LotR has mi where the version in RGEO:66 has the more correct form mi.) -MI, Nam, RGEO:66 IN A VERY GREAT NUMBER uvea (abundant) -UB INCARNATE (noun) #mirroanwe (only pl. mirroanwi "incarnates" is attested) -MR:350 INCITEMENT siule -SIW INCLINE (noun) talta -TALAT INCLINED penda (sloping down) -PEN INDICATE tana- (show) (Note: tana also means "that". INDICATION tengwe (sign, token, writing - pl tengwi is attested) -MR:385, WJ:394, 395 cf. TEK INLANDS Mittalmar (the central region of Numenor) -UT:165, 454 INNER MIND ore (heart) (Note: a homonym means "rising") -LotR:1157 INSIDE, TO THE mir, minna (into) -MI INSIGHT tercen; OF INSIGHT, lit *INSIGHTFUL #tercenya (only pl tercenye is attested) -MR:230 INTELLECT handele; INTELLIGENCE handasse; INTELLIGENT handa (understanding) -KHAN INTERIOR (adj) mitya -MI INVENT auta- (devise, originate) (Note: a homonym means "pass"); INVENTION aule -GAWA INZILADUN Palantir -UT:223, Silm:324 IRELAND Iverind- (As indicated by the hyphen, some ending is needed - a Quenya word cannot end in nd. The normal nominative form must be *Iverin, becoming Iverind(e)- before an ending, e.g. genitive *Iverindo, locative *Iverindesse [cf. Lorien, locative Loriendesse]. The name is also given as Iwerin or Iverindor, "an island off the west coast of Tol Eressea" - Eressea later becoming England in this early version of Tolkien's mythology.) -LT2:344, cf 285 IRON anga, IRON or STEEL ere, eren; OF IRON angaina; IRON-HANDED Angamaite; IRON-GAOL Angamando (Angband) -ANGA/LotR:1157, LT1:252, LT1:249, 268, Letters:425 cf. LotR:1085, MR:350 IRITH Irisse -PM:345 IS see BE ISLAND, ISLE lona, tol (pl tolle according to Etym, tolli in LT1:85. According to Silm:438, tol is used of islands "rising with sheer sides from the sea or from a river". LT1:269 defines a tol as "any rise standing alone in water, plain of green, etc.") THE LONELY ISLE Tol Eressea (tol "isle" often being omitted) -LONO, TOL, RGEO:70 ISOLATED ROUND HILL tolmen (boss of shield) -LT1:269 ISOLATED TOWER mindo -MINI ISOLATED TREE orne -OR-NI- (see ORO) ISSUE uswe (escape) -LT1:251 ISSUE OF WATER ehtele (fountain, spring) -KEL ISTHMUS yanwe (bridge, joining) -YAT IT ta (that), -s (pronom inal ending, e.g. utuvienyes, "I have found [utuvienye-] it [-s]") It is uncertain what the independent word "it, even it" might be; see HE. *ITS -rya (possessive suffix, only attested with the meanings "his" and "her" [q.v.], but related forms suggest that this ending covers the entire 3. pers. sg.) -TA, LotR:1008, WJ:369
