aulë

invention

aulë (1) noun "invention" (GAWA/GOWO); evidently connected to or associated with Aulë, name of the Vala of craft (GAWA/GOWO, TAN), spouse of Yavanna; the name is adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:399)

aulë

shaggy

aulë (2) adj. "shaggy" (LT1:249; this "Qenya" word may have been obsoleted by # 1 above)

aulë

masculine name. The Maker, The Smith

Aulë is the Valar of crafting and smithing, spouse of Yavanna, and his name is variously glossed as “The Maker” (S/44) or “The Smith” (LotR/1137). His Quenya name is an adaptation of his Valarin name Val. Aʒūlēz of unknown meaning (WJ/399). His name may also be related to the word [ᴹQ.] aule “invention”.

Conceptual Development: This name dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, appearing from the beginning in the same form: ᴱQ. Aule (LT1/16), and it was translated “Smith” in an early name list (PE13/104). In Tolkien’s Old English version of the Quenta Noldorinwa, his name is translated as “Cræftfréa”, Old English for “Craft Lord” (SM/208). In The Etymologies, ᴹQ. Aule is derived from the root ᴹ√GAWA and thus connected to ᴹQ. aule “invention” (Ety/GAWA). In the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, Tolkien said that his name was derived from Valarin Aʒūlēz (WJ/399), and this appears to be the last thing Tolkien wrote on the derivation of this name.

Cognates

• Kh. Mahal “Aulë” ✧ S/044; WJI/Mahal

Derivations

• Val. Aʒūlēz “Aulë” ✧ WJ/399

Element in

• Q. Aulendil “Servant of Aulë”
• Q. Aulendur “Servant of Aulë” ✧ PMI/Aulë
• Q. Aulëonnar “Children of Aulë” ✧ PM/391

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
Val. Aʒūlēz > Aulë	[aɣūlē] > [aulē] > [aule]	✧ WJ/399

sintamo

smith

sintamo noun "smith" (PE17:107-108), cf. more usual variant tamo, q.v.

sintamo

noun. smith

Derivations

• ✶sinkitamo “smith” ✧ PE17/108

Elements

Word	Gloss
tamo	“smith, builder”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶sinkitamo > sintamo	[siŋkitamo] > [sintamo]	✧ PE17/108

gaul

aulë

(na ’Aul), often in longer form Belegol (na Velegol) ”Great Aulë”; also called Barthan (na Marthan, o Mbarthan)

tagron

noun. smith

Derivations

• √TAK “fasten, fix, fasten, fix, [ᴹ√] make fast; [ᴱ√] stick (in), firm; [ᴹ√] make”

tamar

noun. smith

A noun translated “smith” and fully declined as an example of a masculine Strong I noun (SD/436). It may be related to the Eldarin root √TAM “construct”, as suggested by several authors (AAD/23, EotAL/TAM).

mahal

masculine name. Aulë

Cognates

• Q. Aulë “The Maker, The Smith” ✧ S/044; WJI/Mahal

sinkitamo

noun. smith

Derivatives

• Q. sintamo “smith” ✧ PE17/108

gaul

masculine name. Aule

Noldorin name for ᴹQ. Aule in The Etymologies from the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√GAWA (Ety/GAWA).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, his name was G. Ôli >> Ôla (GL/18, 56, 62).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Aule “Cræftfréa” ✧ Ety/GAWA

Derivations

• ᴹ√GAW “think out, devise, contrive” ✧ Ety/GAWA

Element in

• N. Belegol “Great Aule” ✧ Ety/GAWA

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√GAWA > Gaul	[gawle] > [gaule] > [gǭle] > [goule] > [gaule] > [gaul]	✧ Ety/GAWA

belegol

masculine name. Great Aule

A more elaborate Noldorin name for ᴹQ. Aule appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of beleg “great” and his ordinary Noldorin name Gaul (Ety/BEL, GAWA).

Element in

• N. Ar Velegol “Day of Aule, alternate name of the third day of the Valian week” ✧ Ety/LEP

Elements

Word	Gloss
beleg	“great, large”
Gaul	“Aule”

Variations

• Beleg-ol ✧ Ety/BEL