wá (actually spelt wâ) noun "wind" (LT1:266). Cf. wáya-.
Quenya
wai
wind, weave
wá
wind
vaiwa
wind
vaiwa noun "wind" (WĀ/WAWA/WAIWA)
wailë
wind
wailë noun "wind", later form vailë, q.v. (PE17:189)
waiwa
wind
waiwa noun "wind" (WĀ/WAWA/WAIWA)
vëa
wind
vëa (4) noun "wind" (PE17:189)
vëa
noun. wind
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)
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. vá 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 √WĀ seem to be tied to stronger winds: hwarwa “violent wind”, vangwë “storm” (NM/237).
Changes
waiwe→ vaiwe ✧ PE17/189Cognates
- S. gwae “wind” ✧ PE17/189
Derivations
Element in
- Q. vailima “windy” ✧ PE17/189
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √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)
vaiwë
wind
vaiwë noun "wind" (PE17:189)
vaiwë
noun. wind
laimë
shade
laimë noun "shade" (DAY; in an earlier version the gloss was "shadow (cast by an object or form)"; see VT45:8-9. Perhaps Tolkien transferred this meaning to lëo when giving laimë the more general meaning "shade".)
úcalima
adjective. dim, murky
lómin
shade, shadow
lómin noun "shade, shadow" (LT1:255)
mordo
shadow, obscurity, stain
mordo (1) noun "shadow, obscurity, stain" (MOR)
lëo
shade, shadow cast by any object
lëo noun "shade, shadow cast by any object" (DAY)
wai (what the primitive element ¤wei "wind, weave" became in Quenya; therefore confused with the stem WAY "enfold") (WEY)