Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Person, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya word for person (one,(some)body, person, individual, man or woman) is quén.

There doesn't seem to be a Sindarin word for person. In Sindarin there are words for human being, as opposed to elf, which translate to follower, born later, Second People, and mortal. Not quite the same as person.

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