Quenya 

aiya

hail

aiya interjection "hail", as greeting (LotR2:IV ch. 9, see Letters:385 for translation), or a call "for help and attention" (PE17:89), "only addressed to great or holy persons as the Valar, or to Earendil" (PE17:149). Variant aia (VT43:28)

aiya

interjection. hail; behold, lo

Cognates

  • S. ai “hail!, hail, [ᴱN.] cry of pain or woe, [G.] oh!”

Derivations

  • AYA(N) “blessed; treat with awe/reverence, blessed; treat with awe/reverence; [ᴱ√] honour, revere” ✧ PE17/146; PE17/149

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
AYA > Aiya[āja] > [aija]✧ PE17/146
AYA > aiya > aia[āja] > [aija] > [aia]✧ PE17/149

Variations

  • Aiya ✧ Let/385; LotR/0720; LotR/0915; PE17/146; S/190; SD/030; VT43/28; WJ/166
  • aiya! ✧ PE17/089; PE17/090
  • aia ✧ PE17/149
  • Aia ✧ VT43/28
Quenya [Let/385; LotR/0720; LotR/0915; PE17/089; PE17/090; PE17/101; PE17/146; PE17/149; S/190; SD/030; VT43/28; WJ/166] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aia

hail

aia interjection "hail", variant of aiya (VT43:28)

aia

interjection. hail

ala

hail, blessed be (thou)

[ala (6) (also alar! or alla!) interjection "hail, blessed be (thou)". (VT45:5,14)]

alar!

hail, blessed be (thou)

[alar! (also ala and alla!) interjection "hail, blessed be (thou)". (VT45:5,14, 26)]

alassë

hail

[alassë (2) interjection "hail" or "bless", evidently a synonym of the greeting alar!, q.v. (VT45:26)]

alla!

hail, blessed be (thou)

[alla! (also alar! or ala) interjection "hail, blessed be (thou)". (VT45:5, 14)] PE17:146 cites alla "hail, welcome" as a variant (occurring within the imaginary world) of aiya.

helexë

noun. hail

A neologism for “hail” coined by Helge Fauskanger for his NQNT (NQNT) derived from the root √KHELEK, likely modeled after caraxë < √KARAK.

Derivations

Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Sindarin 

ai!

hail

! (interjection) ai! _(according to one interpretation of Glorfindel_s cry ai na vedui, Dúnadan!)

ai!

hail

(according to one interpretation of Glorfindel’s cry ai na vedui, Dúnadan!)

Noldorin 

ai

interjection. hail

Element in

Variations

  • Ai ✧ RS/198; RS/361
Noldorin [RS/198; RS/361] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Early Quenya

áye

interjection. hail

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA “honour, revere” ✧ QL/034

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AY̯A > áye[ajē] > [aje] > [aie] > [aije] > [āje]✧ QL/034
Early Quenya [LT1A/Ainur; QL/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by