hwaewar

noun. breeze[?]

A noun in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 appearing as whaewar “breeze”, though the gloss is unclear (PE17/34). A more typical Sindarin spelling would be hwaewar. Some similar forms appeared nearby, including gwāw and hwâ, possibly of the same meaning. Two such forms, wá and wáwa, were marked Sindarin but probably were actually primitive or archaic forms.

Neo-Sindarin: Of these forms, I prefer hwaewar “breeze” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.

Derivations

• √WĀ “blow; noise of wind, echoic representation of sound of wind” ✧ PE17/034
• √SWĀ “echoic representation of sound of wind” ✧ PE17/034

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√WĀ > whaewar	[swaiwar] > [w̥aiwar] > [w̥aewar]	✧ PE17/034
√WĀ > gwāw	[wā] > [wǭ] > [gwǭ] > [gwau]	✧ PE17/034
√SWAW > hwâ	[swa] > [w̥a] > [w̥ā]	✧ PE17/034

Variations

• wá ✧ PE17/034
• wáwa ✧ PE17/034
• whaewar ✧ PE17/034
• gwāw ✧ PE17/034
• hwâ ✧ PE17/034
• hwa ✧ PE17/034

hwâ

noun. breeze[?]

wá(wa)

noun. breeze[?]

gwâw

noun. breeze[?]