Quenya 

wind

(actually spelt ) noun "wind" (LT1:266). Cf. wáya-.

waiwa

wind

waiwa noun "wind" (WĀ/WAWA/WAIWA)

wai

wind, weave

wai (what the primitive element ¤wei "wind, weave" became in Quenya; therefore confused with the stem WAY "enfold") (WEY)

vaiwa

wind

vaiwa noun "wind" (WĀ/WAWA/WAIWA)

wailë

wind

wailë noun "wind", later form vailë, q.v. (PE17:189)

vailë

noun. wind, [strong] wind, *gale

An obscure word for “wind” in notes from December 1959 (D59) derived from the root √WAYA and appearing in various forms: vëa, vaiwe, and vaile, the last of these with an adjectival form vailima “windy” (P17/189). A similar set of Quenya derivatives of √WAY appeared in notes from 1957, but there most of the forms were rejected: {vaiwe, view-, vaive, víw}, along with unrejected váva (PE17/33-34). Tolkien considered all these as possible cognates of S. gwae “wind”.

Conceptual Development: Precursors include ᴱQ. ’wā “wind” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWĀ (QL/102), ᴱQ. or vanwe “wind” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1930s (PE16/142) and ᴹQ. vaiwa “wind” from The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√WAIWA (Ety/WĀ). Thus the Quenya forms were much less stable than their Sindarin equivalent and its precursor, which were simply G. gwâ “wind” (GL/43; PE13/146) >> N./S. gwae(w) “wind” (Ety/WĀ; NM/237; PE17/33-34, 189).

Neo-Quenya: Of the various forms, I prefer Q. vailë since (a) it is later, (b) has an adjectival form and (c) has a possible direct cognate S. gwael “✱wind”, also from around the same time. Q. súrë is the usual word for “wind” and is thus preferable for most uses, but I think vailë might be used for a strong wind or gale, since elsewere in Quenya derivatives of √ seem to be tied to stronger winds: hwarwa “violent wind”, vangwë “storm” (NM/237).

Changes

  • waiwevaiwe ✧ PE17/189

Cognates

  • S. gwae “wind” ✧ PE17/189

Derivations

  • WAY “blow (of wind), be disturbed” ✧ PE17/189
  • waiwa(y) “*wind” ✧ PE17/189
    • WAY “blow (of wind), be disturbed” ✧ PE17/033; PE17/189
  • waile “*wind” ✧ PE17/189
    • WAY “blow (of wind), be disturbed” ✧ PE17/189

Element in

  • Q. vailima “windy” ✧ PE17/189

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
WAYA > vëa[waja] > [wea] > [βea] > [vea]✧ PE17/189
waiwa(y) > vaiwe[waiwai] > [βaiwai] > [vaiwai] > [vaiwe]✧ PE17/189
waile > vaile[waile] > [βaile] > [vaile]✧ PE17/189

Variations

  • vëa ✧ PE17/189
  • vaiwe ✧ PE17/189
  • vaile ✧ PE17/189
  • waiwe ✧ PE17/189 (waiwe)

vëa

wind

vëa (4) noun "wind" (PE17:189)

vëa

noun. wind

psar

verb. rub

rub

Quenya [PE 18:94] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

súru

wind

súru noun "wind" (MC:213, 216, 220; this is "Qenya"; Tolkien's later Quenya has súrë)

súrë

wind

súrë noun "wind", stem súri- because of primitive form sūrǐ- (PE17:62),hence the instrumental form súrinen "in the wind" or more literally "by the wind" (Nam, RGEO:66,Markirya, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator p. 197); Súrion masc.name, "Wind-son" (Appendix A). Early "Qenya" has súru (MC:213, 216, 220). See also súriquessë.

vailë

wind

vailë noun "wind" (PE17:189)

vaiwë

wind

vaiwë noun "wind" (PE17:189)

vaiwë

noun. wind

Sindarin 

gwá

gwá

Q. ŏ-'. >> go'. This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:191] < WO, WONO together (of things in company but not physically actually joined). Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

gwae

wind

_ n. _wind. Tolkien also notes "WAKH in wagme > gwaew, gwae" (PE17:34). Q. vea. >> gwaew

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:33-4:189] < _gwoe_ < _wāyā _< WAYA blow (as of wind). Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

gwae

noun. wind

The normal Sindarin word for “wind”, usually appearing as gwae but sometimes as gwaew, most frequently derived from √WAY “blow” but also a bewildering variety of other roots (NM/237; PE17/33-34, 189); see the entry for √ for further discussion.

Conceptual Development: The earliest form of this word was G. gwâ “wind” from both Gnomish Grammar and Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s (GG/14; GL/43). The form ᴱN. gwá “wind” reappeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s (MC/217), but in the Nebrachar poem from circa 1930 the form was gwaew “wind” (MC/217). It was N. gwaew “wind” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√WAIWA (Ety/WĀ), and appeared a number of times in later writings as both gwae and (more rarely) gwaew, as noted above.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I prefer using only gwae for “wind”, reserving gwaew for “storm”.

Cognates

  • Q. vailë “wind, [strong] wind, *gale” ✧ PE17/189
  • Q. váva “*wind” ✧ PE17/033

Derivations

  • wāya “blow” ✧ NM/237; PE17/034
    • “blow; noise of wind, echoic representation of sound of wind” ✧ NM/237
    • WAY “blow (of wind), be disturbed” ✧ PE17/034
  • WAY “blow (of wind), be disturbed” ✧ PE17/033; PE17/034; PE17/189
  • waiwa(y) “*wind” ✧ PE17/033
    • WAY “blow (of wind), be disturbed” ✧ PE17/033; PE17/189

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
wā-yo > gwoe > gwae[wājo] > [wǭjo] > [wǭio] > [woio] > [gwoio] > [gwoi] > [gwoe] > [gwae]✧ NM/237
WAYA > gwae[wajā] > [waja] > [waia] > [gwaia] > [gwai] > [gwae]✧ PE17/033
waiwe > gwae(w)[waiwe] > [gwaiwe] > [gwaiw] > [gwaew]✧ PE17/033
WIW > gwae(w)[waiwe] > [gwaiwe] > [gwaiw] > [gwaew]✧ PE17/034
wāyā > gwoe > gwae[wājā] > [wāja] > [wǭja] > [wǭia] > [woia] > [gwoia] > [gwoi] > [gwoe] > [gwae]✧ PE17/034
WAYA > Gwae[wajā] > [waja] > [waia] > [gwaia] > [gwai] > [gwae]✧ PE17/189

Variations

  • gwaew ✧ PE17/033 (gwaew)
  • gwae(w) ✧ PE17/033 (gwae(w)); PE17/034
  • Gwae ✧ PE17/189
Sindarin [NM/237; PE17/033; PE17/034; PE17/189] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwaew

wind

_ n. _wind. Tolkien also notes "WAKH in wagme > gwaew, gwae" (PE17:34). >> gwae

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:33-4] < _gwoe_ < _wāyā _< WAYA. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

sûl

noun. wind

Sindarin [S/437] Q súlë. Group: SINDICT. Published by

sûl

noun. wind, [strong] wind, *gust

A noun for “wind” appearing in names like Amon Sûl, derived from the root √ “blow, move with audible sound (of air)” (NM/237; PE17/124).

Conceptual Development: A precursor to this word is G. saul “great wind” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/67), derived from the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Súlimo; QL/86).

Neo-Sindarin: Given its connection to the sound of wind, I think sûl would be used mostly for strong or noisy wind, including (but not limited to) gusts of wind, as opposed to more ordinary (and less noisy) gwae “wind”. This notion is supported by its Gnomish precursor G. saul “great wind”.

Cognates

  • Q. súrë “wind, breeze” ✧ PE17/124

Derivations

  • sūli “wind”
  • “blow, move with audible sound (of air)” ✧ NM/237; PE17/124

Element in

  • S. Amon Sûl “Weathertop, (lit.) Hill of the Wind” ✧ SA/sûl

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
> sûl[sūl] > [sūle] > [sūl]✧ NM/237
> sūl[sūli] > [sūle] > [sūl]✧ PE17/124

Variations

  • sūl ✧ PE17/015; PE17/124
Sindarin [NM/237; PE17/015; PE17/124; SA/sûl] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwaew

wind

1) gwaew (i **waew) (storm), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaew), 2) sûl (i hûl), pl. suil (i suil**). Note: a homophone means ”goblet”.

gwaew

wind

(i ’waew) (storm), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaew)

gwaeren

windy

(lenited ’waeren; pl. gwaerin)

sûl

wind

(i hûl), pl. suil (i suil). Note: a homophone means ”goblet”.

Quendya 

psar-

verb. rub

Quendya [PE 22:113] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Adûnaic

bawab

noun. wind

The noun for “wind”, attested only in the plural (bawîb) and subjective plural (bawîba) forms (SD/247, SD/312). Its plural form indicates that it is a strong-noun (Strong I), so its final vowel must be short, but in theory it could be any of a, i or u, each of which would be replaced by long î in plural nouns. Nouns with identical vowels are more common, however, so ✱bawab is the most likely singular form, though as Helge Fauskanger points out (AL/Adûnaic) the normal form could also be the weak noun ✱bawâb with a poetic strong plural (SD/435).

Element in

Adûnaic [SD/247; SD/312] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

noun. wind

Derivations

  • “blow, move with audible sound (of air)”

Derivatives

  • Q. “sound of wind, sound of wind, [ᴱQ.] noise of wind” ✧ VT47/12; VT47/35

Element in

  • sūli “wind” ✧ VT47/35
  • sūri “wind” ✧ VT47/35
Primitive elvish [VT47/12; VT47/34; VT47/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sūli

noun. wind

Derivatives

  • S. sûl “wind, [strong] wind, *gust”

Elements

WordGloss
“blow, move with audible sound (of air)”
Primitive elvish [VT47/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sūri

noun. wind

Derivations

  • SUR “noise of wind, noise of wind; [ᴱ√] to blow” ✧ NM/237

Derivatives

  • Q. súrë “wind, breeze” ✧ NM/237

Variations

  • sūr(i) ✧ VT47/35
Primitive elvish [NM/237; VT47/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

gwaew

noun. wind

Noldorin [Ety/387] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwaew

noun. wind

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. vaiwa “wind” ✧ Ety/WĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WAIWA “blow” ✧ Ety/WĀ
    • ᴹ√ “blow” ✧ Ety/WĀ

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√WAIWA > gwaew[waiwa] > [gwaiwa] > [gwaiw] > [gwaew]✧ Ety/WĀ

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Qenya 

vaiwa

noun. wind

Cognates

  • N. gwaew “wind” ✧ Ety/WĀ
  • Ilk. gwau “wind” ✧ Ety/WĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WAIWA “blow” ✧ Ety/WĀ
    • ᴹ√ “blow” ✧ Ety/WĀ

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√WAIWA > waiwa > vaiwa[waiwa] > [vaiwa] > [vaiwa]✧ Ety/WĀ

Doriathrin

gwau

noun. wind

A noun meaning “wind” derived from the root ᴹ√WAW(A) (Ety/WĀ). Here the [[ilk|initial [w] became [gw]]], and after the final vowel vanished, the [[ilk|final [w] became [u]]].

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. vaiwa “wind” ✧ Ety/WĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WAIWA “blow” ✧ Ety/WĀ
    • ᴹ√ “blow” ✧ Ety/WĀ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√WAWA > gwau[wawa] > [gwawa] > [gwaw] > [gwau]✧ Ety/WĀ
Doriathrin [Ety/WĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gwâ

noun. wind

Cognates

  • Eq. “wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWĀ “*wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo

Element in

Variations

  • Gwa ✧ PE15/26
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Early Noldorin

gwá

noun. wind

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWĀ “*wind”

Element in

Variations

  • gwaew ✧ MC/217
Early Noldorin [MC/217; PE13/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwaew

noun. wind

Early Primitive Elvish

gwaṙa

root. rub

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “rub” (QL/103). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writing.

Changes

  • WAṘAGWAṘA ✧ QL/103

Derivatives

  • Eq. wara- “to rub” ✧ QL/103
  • G. gratha- “to rub, scratch, fray”

Variations

  • WAṘA ✧ QL/103 (WAṘA)
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

noun. wind

Cognates

  • G. gwâ “wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWĀ “*wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo; QL/102

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWĀ > ’wā[gʷā] > [wā]✧ QL/102

Variations

  • ✧ LT1A/Súlimo
  • ✧ PE16/142
  • vanwe ✧ PE16/142
  • ’wā ✧ QL/102
Early Quenya [LT1A/Súlimo; PE16/142; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. wind

súlime

noun. wind

A noun for “wind” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” and connected to the name ᴱQ. Súlimo (QL/86). Later on, Q. Súlimë was used as the name of March (LotR/1110), whereas Q. Súlimo became “Breather” (PE21/85), a combination of Q. súlë (†þúlë) “breath” + Q. mo “person”.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo; QL/086

Element in

  • Eq. Súlisan “Sunday”
  • Eq. Oresul “Eastwind”
  • Eq. Súlimi “Varda” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo; QL/086
  • Eq. Súlimo “Manwe” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo; QL/086
  • Eq. susúlima “full of wind, windy, airy” ✧ QL/086

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SUHU > sūlime[suxlimē] > [suxlime] > [suɣlime] > [sūlime]✧ QL/086

Variations

  • súlimë ✧ LT1A/Súlimo
  • sūlime ✧ QL/086
Early Quenya [LT1A/Súlimo; QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vanwe

noun. wind