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S. gwê n. “living creature” (Category: Animal)

S. gwê, n. “living creature, *living being; ⚠️[N.] man, warrior” (Category: Animal)

A noun for a “living creature” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, a derivative of the primitive form ✶wegō(n) from the root √WEG “live, be active” (PE17/183). It is not entirely clear from context, but I think this word may apply to any living being, both plants and animals.

Conceptual Development: In earlier conceptions, the root √WEG and its precursors were mostly associated with masculine things, and thus the precursors to this word meant “man” rather than living creature: G. gweg “man, male of the Elda” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/44), ᴱN. gweg “man, male (being)” from various Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s (PE13/122, 146, 162; PE15/62), and N. {gweg >>} gwe “man, warrior” from the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s (PE21/1).

Reference ✧ PE17/189 ✧ “living creature”

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Phonetic Developments

wegō(n) > gwê [wegō] > [wego] > [gwego] > [gweɣo] > [gweɣ] > [gwēɣ] > [gwē] ✧ PE17/189

N. gwe n. “man, warrior” (Category: Man)

See S. gwê for discussion.

References ✧ PE21/1

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ᴱN. gweg n. “man, male (being)” (Category: Man)

See S. gwê for discussion.

References ✧ PE13/122, 124, 146, 162; PE15/62

Glosses

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ngwaig nasal-mutation plural; g-mutation   ✧ PE13/124
gwaig plural “men or male beings” ✧ PE15/62
gwaith plural   ✧ PE13/124; PE13/162
gwiaig plural “men” ✧ PE13/122
gwí plural “men” ✧ PE13/146
gwî plural   ✧ PE13/162
weg soft-mutation; gw-mutation “man” ✧ PE13/124

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G. gweg n. “man, male of the Elda” (Category: Man)

See S. gwê for discussion.

References ✧ GG/9, 15; GL/44; LT1A/Bronweg; PE13/117

Glosses

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gui(w) dual “men” ✧ PE13/117
gwega genitive   ✧ GG/15
gui(n) plural “men” ✧ PE13/117
gweig plural   ✧ PE13/117
weg soft-mutation; gw-mutation “man” ✧ GG/9
weg soft-mutation; gw-mutation   ✧ GG/9

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Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶gu̯eg- > gweg [wek] > [gʷek] > [gʷeg] ✧ GL/44
ᴱ✶u̯ǝkḗ > gweg [wekē] > [gʷekē] > [gʷegē] !!! [gʷeg] ✧ PE13/117