Q. mi prep. “in” (Category: In, Inside)
The Quenya preposition for “in”, very well attested. It was derived from the root √MI of the same meaning (PE17/92; VT43/30; VT47/30). In The Etymologies of the 1930s ᴹQ. mi was glossed “in, within” under the root ᴹ√MI “inside” (Ety/MI).
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the preposition mi appeared (untranslated) in the phrase ᴱQ. Uole·mi·Kūme “Moon King” = “*Uole in the Moon” (QL/48). The main dictionary had the adverb ᴱQ. imi “in, inside” under the early root ᴱ√IMI² (QL/42). In one place in Tolkien’s later writings from the 1950s, the preposition mi “in” had the variant form imi as well (VT43/30).
References ✧ LotR/377; PE17/63, 71, 92; PE23/133; RGEO/58; UT/305, 317; VT43/13, 30, 36; VT44/18, 34; VT47/30; VT49/35
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| mimme | 1st-pl-exclusive-prep | ✧ VT43/36 | |
| mingwe | 1st-pl-inclusive-prep | ✧ VT43/36 | |
| mil(le) | 2nd-pl-prep | ✧ VT43/36 | |
| mil(ye) | 2nd-sg-prep | ✧ VT43/36 | |
| mí | definite-prep | “in the” | ✧ PE17/63 |
| mī | definite-prep | “in the” | ✧ RGEO/58 |
Element In
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| ✶mī > mĭ | [mi] | ✧ PE17/92 |
| √mi > imi | [imi] | ✧ VT43/30 |
| √mi > mi | [mi] | ✧ VT43/30 |
| ✶mī > mĭ | [mi] | ✧ VT47/30 |
ᴹQ. mi prep. “in, within” (Category: In, Inside)
References ✧ Ety/MI; LR/72
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| ímen | ? | “in them” | ✧ LR/72 |
Element In
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| ᴹ√MI > mi | [mi] | ✧ Ety/MI |
ᴱQ. imi adv. “in, inside” (Category: In, Inside)
Reference ✧ QL/42 ✧ “in, inside”
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√IMI² > imi | [imī] > [imi] | ✧ QL/42 |
ᴱQ. mi prep. “*in” (Category: In, Inside)
Reference ✧ QL/48
Element In
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