When the first Elves awoke at Cuiviénen, in their new language, the word for "people" was "kwendi," but in the language of one of the groups that moved away, Teleri, over time, "kwendi" became "pendi," with the "k" turning into a "p."
Cuando los primeros Elfos despertaron en Cuivienen, en su nueva lengua, la palabra para personas era kwendî, pero en la lengua de uno de los grupos los teleri, eso cambió con el tiempo, kwendî pasó a ser pendî, la k pasó a ser p.