(small bird) 1) aew. No distinct pl. form. 2) fileg, pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular. or
Quenya
wilin
bird
Sindarin
aewen
adjective. of birds
aew
noun. (small) bird
aew
bird
aew
bird
. No distinct pl. form.
fileg
bird
pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular.
aewen
of birds
pl. aewin.
emlinn
yellowhammer
(= "yellow singer"); no distinct pl. form. Also emelin, no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. emelinnath. Adj.
Noldorin
fileg
noun. small bird
filigod
noun. small bird
aew
noun. (small) bird
emlin
noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"
emelin
noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"
emmelin
noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Qenya
oio
noun. bird
Gnomish
bil
noun. bird
A word for “bird” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing next to G. bilinc “sparrow”, but this word was deleted and the gloss for bilinc was expanded to “a small bird, especially sparrow” (GL/22-23). The form bil appeared in a couple other places in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/23, 31), but seems to represent a “root” rather than a word. Tolkien indicated bil was derived from ᴱ✶du̯il (GL/31), but the exact mechanism whereby du̯- became b- isn’t clear, but a similar change is seen in 1920s ᴱ✶du̯ag- > ᴱT. baga- “beat” and ᴱ✶tu̯ak- > ᴱQ. pak- “apply, attach” (PE14/66).
Changes
bil→ bilin “bird” ✧ GL/22Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√bīl- > bil [βil] > [bil] ✧ GL/22 ᴱ✶du̯il > bil [dwil] > [bil] ✧ GL/31
aigli
noun. bird
Cognates
- Eq. aiwe “bird” ✧ GL/17
Derivations
- ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17
Early Noldorin
aiw
noun. bird
Cognates
- Eq. oive “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Early Quenya
aiwe
noun. bird
Cognates
- G. aigli “bird” ✧ GL/17
Derivations
- ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17
Element in
- Eq. anwe or aiqale elta súrut lunte aiwendon lossiattea “*went on the heights driven by the wind a ship like a bird with a blossom-white neck” ✧ PE16/147
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√aı̯² > aiwe [ajwē] > [ajwe] > [aiwe] ✧ GL/17
oi(we)
noun. bird
oive
noun. bird
Cognates
- En. aiw “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Variations
- oi ✧ PE16/132
- oiwe ✧ PE16/132
wilin
noun. bird
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bird”, derived from the early root ᴱ√GWILI that was the basis for words having to do with flight (QL/104).
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/104
Element in
- Eq. wilindea “as a bird” ✧ QL/104
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√GWILI > ’wilin [gʷilin] > [wilin] ✧ QL/104 Variations
- ’wilin ✧ QL/104
wilin noun "bird" (LT1:273; if this "Qenya" word is to be used in LotR-style Quenya, it must not be confused with the 1st pers. aorist of the verb wil-.)