Eldamo : Early Quenya : sinqe

ᴱQ. sinqe n. “jewel, gem” (Category: Gem, Jewel)

⚠️ᴱQ. sinquë, n. “jewel, gem” (Category: Gem, Jewel): Q. mírë “jewel, gem, precious thing, treasure; precious”; ᴺQ. ^sincë “mineral [as in any solid inorganic substance], ⚠️gem, metal”

A noun given as ᴱQ. sink (sinq-) “mineral, metal, gem” in the Qenya Lexicon, a derivative of the root ᴱ√SINI “pale blue” (QL/83), transferred from the root ᴱ√SṆTYṆ “twinkle” where the word was only glossed “gem” (QL/85). The word sink (sinq-) “mineral, gem” also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/83). In the Early Qenya Grammar and word lists of the 1920s, this word became ᴱQ. sinqe “jewel, gem” (PE14/42, 71; PE15/72, 74).

Neo-Quenya: I think this word may be adapted to Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. sincë (sinci-) based on the primitive form ✶sinki seen in ✶sinkitamo > Q. sintamo “smith” (PE17/108). I think this word refers to minerals in general (any solid inorganic substance), as opposed to words for more specific categories of substances like Q. ondo “stone”, Q. tinco “metal”, or Q. mírë “gem”.

References ✧ PE14/42, 44, 71, 74, 78; PE15/72, 74; PE16/111; VT40/8

Glosses

“gem” ✧ PE15/72
“jewel” ✧ PE14/42; PE14/71; PE14/74; PE15/74

Variations

sinqe ✧ PE14/42; PE14/44; PE14/71; PE14/74; PE14/74; PE15/72; PE15/74

Changes

sinqea >> sinqia ✧ PE16/111
sinqir >> sinqie ✧ PE16/111
sinqilin >> sinqin ✧ PE16/111
sinqili >> sinqi ✧ PE16/111
sinqilion >> sinqion ✧ PE16/111
sinqin >> sinqe ✧ PE16/111

Inflections

sinqea	accusative		✧ PE16/111
sinqet	accusative		✧ PE14/44; PE14/74
†sinqia	accusative		✧ PE14/74
sinqia	accusative		✧ PE16/111
sinqi	accusative plural		✧ PE16/111
sinqili	accusative plural		✧ PE16/111
sinqin	accusative plural		✧ PE14/44; PE14/74
sinqer	dative		✧ PE14/44; PE14/74
†sinqie	dative		✧ PE14/74
sinqie	dative		✧ PE16/111
sinqir	dative		✧ PE16/111
sinqir	dative plural		✧ PE14/44; PE14/74; PE16/111
sinqen	genitive		✧ PE14/44; PE14/74
†sinqio	genitive		✧ PE14/74
sinqio	genitive		✧ PE16/111
sinqilion	genitive plural		✧ PE16/111
sinqion	genitive plural		✧ PE14/44; PE14/74; PE16/111
sinqe	nominative		✧ PE16/111
sinqin	nominative		✧ PE16/111
sinqilin	nominative plural		✧ PE16/111
sinqin	nominative plural		✧ PE16/111
sinqínen	partitive	“of jewels”	✧ PE14/78
sinqi	plural		✧ PE14/42; PE14/44; PE14/71; PE14/74; PE15/72; PE15/74; VT40/8

Elements

sink	“mineral, gem, metal”

Element In

ᴱQ. v’ematte sinqi Eldamar “*that they call to mind the gems of Elven-home” ✧ VT40/8

Cognates

ᴱN. himp “jewel”

ᴱQ. sink (sinq-) n. “mineral, gem, metal” (Category: Rock, Stone)

See ᴱQ. sinqe for discussion.

References ✧ PME/83; QL/83, 85

Glosses

“gem” ✧ QL/85 (sink)
“mineral, gem” ✧ PME/83
“mineral, metal, gem” ✧ QL/83

Variations

sink ✧ PME/83; QL/83; QL/85 (sink)

Q. sintamo “smith” may in its initial element be related to sink “mineral, gem, metal”

Inflections

sinq-	stem	✧ PME/83; QL/83
sinq-	stem	✧ QL/85

Element In

ᴱQ. sinqe “jewel, gem”
ᴱQ. sinqe?? “sparkle as with gems” ✧ QL/85 (sinqe??)
ᴱQ. sinqele “mine” ✧ QL/83
ᴱQ. sinqevoite “gemmed” ✧ QL/83; QL/85 (sinqevo??)
ᴱQ. sinqina “metallic” ✧ QL/83

Cognates

G. sinc “metal”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SINI “pale blue‽” ✧ QL/83
< ᴱ√SṆTYṆ “twinkle” ✧ QL/85 (SṆT͡YṆ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SINI > sink

[siŋkʷ] > [siŋk]

✧ QL/83