quenya

quenya noun (original adj. garuda food ) "speech" (PM:399); the language-name Quenya is said to mean properly "language, speech" (WJ:393); cf the phrase coirëa quenya "living speech" (PM:399) However, Quenya (archaic Quendya, still so in Vanyarin) is also interpreted "Elvish" (Letters:176), sc the adjective corresponding to Quendi (WJ:374), but it was