Eldamo : Quenya : qui

Q. qui conj. “if” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

Q. qui, conj. “if” (Category: Guess, Suppose): Q. ?it(ë) “if”; ᴱQ. mai² “if; do?”

References ✧ PE22/140, 154, 158; VT42/34; VT49/19

Glosses

“*suppose” ✧ PE22/140 (quī)
“if” ✧ PE22/158; PE22/158 (kwi); PE22/158 (iqui); VT49/19
“may” ✧ PE22/154 (kwí)

Variations

qui ✧ PE22/158; VT49/19
quī ✧ PE22/140; PE22/158 (quī)
kwí ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
kwíta ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
quīta ✧ PE22/158
quī(ta) ✧ PE22/158
quíta ✧ PE22/158
kwi ✧ PE22/158
iqui ✧ PE22/158

kwi “if” possibly older forms of extended √KWIS- “inquire, suppose” ✧ PE22/158
ké “may be” appeared as a distinct form from qui “if” ✧ VT49/19
quiquie “whenever” [is, per Patrick Wynne (VT49/35, note #29) probably an adverbial form of] qui “if” ✧ VT49/23

Element In

ᴺQ. !hyaqui “or else, otherwise”
ᴺQ. !quima “whether”
ᴺQ. !quitulma “scenario”
ᴺQ. !vequi “as if, as though”
Q. carë mára quí tyarë naxa “doing good may cause evil” ✧ PE22/154
Q. laqui “unless” ✧ PE22/158
Q. quīlas tūleste san inye tūle “*suppose he came (he did not), then I came” ✧ PE22/140
Q. quíta céla tuldes, quíta ✧ PE22/158
Q. quí(ta) la tuldes, nánë márië (nin) “[if he had not come], it was well to me (I was glad)” ✧ PE22/158

Cognates

ᴺS. !pi “if”

Derivations

< √KWI “suppose” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/19

Phonetic Developments

√kwi- > qui

[kwi]

✧ VT49/19

Q. cé² conj. “if” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

References ✧ VT49/19, 26; VTE/42

Glosses

“if” ✧ VT49/19 (ké); VT49/19 (kē̆); VT49/26 (ké)

Variations

ké ✧ VT49/19; VT49/26
ke ✧ VT49/19; VT49/19
kē̆ ✧ VT49/19

Changes

ke »» ké ✧ VTE/42

Element In

Q. ar cé mo formenna tentanes Amanna “and if northwards, it pointed towards Aman” ✧ VT49/8
Q. cé mo quetë ulca “*if one speaks evil” ✧ VT49/19
Q. cenai “if it be that” ✧ VT49/19 (kenai)
Q. cenasta “if it be so, may be, perhaps” ✧ VT49/19 (kenasit)
Q. cé tulis, ní nauva tanomë “*if he/she comes, I will be there” ✧ VT49/19
Q. cé tulis, tanomë nauvan “*if he/she comes, I will be there” ✧ VT49/19
Q. úsië, an cé mo quernë cendelë númenna, ve senya “on the contrary, for if one turned the face westward, as was usual” ✧ VT49/6; VT49/8

Derivations

< √KE/EKE “may (be); have chance, opportunity or permission; it is open” ✧ VT49/19 (ke)

Phonetic Developments

√ke > ke

[ke]

✧ VT49/19

ᴹQ. qe conj. “if” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

References ✧ PE22/97, 120-122, 138

Glosses

“if” ✧ PE22/97; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/122; PE22/138 (que)

Variations

qe ✧ PE22/97; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/122
que ✧ PE22/138 (Q. que)

íqa “when, whenever” may be related to qe “if”

Changes

que >> ?it ✧ PE22/138

Element In

ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanelyanen (ela), en ni·túlie ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanelyanen (ela), en ni·tuluváne ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e·kestanen ela en ni túlie/karnet “if he had asked me (he did not), I should have come/made it” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanen (ela), en ni·tuluváne ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanen (ela), en ni·utúliévane ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e·kestanen, en(ai) ni·túlie/karnet “if he had asked me, I should have come/made it” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. aiqe e·kestuvan, ni·tuluva “If he asked me/were to ask me, I should come” ✧ PE22/120
ᴹQ. aiqe kestuvan ni·tuluva “If he asked me/were he to ask, I should come” ✧ PE22/97
ᴹQ. aiqe ni káraza (nila) san ette kára(za) yú “if I were doing this now (I am not), he would be doing it too” ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. qe (ai) e·tule, (san) inye tule yú “if/when he comes, I come too” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. qe (ai) e·tulle, (san) inye tulle yú “if/when he came, I came too” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. qe e·kárie i kirya aldaryas, ni kauva kiryasta menelyas “if he finishes the boat by Monday, I shall be able to sail on Wednesday” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. qe e·kestan/kestuvan ni·tuluva “if he asks me, I shall come” ✧ PE22/97
ᴹQ. qe e·kestanen, ni·tulle “if he asked me I came” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. qe e·kestan, ni·tuluva “if he asks me, I shall come” ✧ PE22/120
ᴹQ. qe e·kestuvan, ni·tuluva “when he asks me, I shall come; if on some future occasion he asks me, then on that occasion I shall come” ✧ PE22/120
Q. (ai)que kestanellen, (ai) tullenye “if you had asked me, I should have come” ✧ PE22/139