ainatar

masculine name. God, (lit.) Holy Father

A name for Ilúvatar appearing in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (QL/34, PME/34). It is a compound of aina “holy” and atar “father”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
aina	“holy, revered, worshipful”
atar	“father”

vala

noun. God

Cognates

• G. Ban “god, one of the Valar” ✧ GL/21; LT2A/Valar; PE15/21; GL/18; PE13/103
• G. Gwala “one of the gods” ✧ PE15/08; PE15/08

Derivations

• ᴱ√WALA “fortune, happiness; *power” ✧ QL/099

Element in

• Eq. Arda Valarwa
• Eq. Harwalin “Near the Valar” ✧ QL/039
• Eq. Valpio “Holy Cherry of Valinor”
• Eq. Valatúru “Lord of the Valar”
• Eq. Valahíru “Lord of the Valar”
• Eq. Valmar “House or City of the Gods”
• Eq. Valinor “Land of the Gods” ✧ PE15/72; QL/099

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√VALA > Valar	[βalar] > [valar]	✧ QL/099