cé

"k", also ce “k” “may be” VT49:19, 27, particle indicating uncertainty VT42:34; ce in Bill Welden's note is a misspelling, VT44:38, but the short form ce does occur in other texts, cf. VT49:18-19. In VT42, Welden wrote that Tolkien altered ké to kwí or kwíta, q.v., but Welden later noted that "it does not follow that because the form was changed in another sentence it would necessarily have been corrected in the examples cited" VT44:38. So cé/ké may still be a conceptually valid form. The forms in kw- rather than qu- seem abnormal for Quenya, at least as far as spelling is concerned. In another conceptual phase, cé was also used = “if” VT49:19, but this conjunction appears as qui elsewhere. Examples of cé, ce meaning “if” said to be “usually used with aorist” include cé mo quetë ulca “k”, “q” *”if one speaks evil”, cé tulis, nauvan tanomë “k” *”if she comes, I will be there” VT49:19, cé mo*“if one…”, ce formenna *“if northwards” VT49:26