hwest

noun. puff, breath, breeze

hwest

breeze

hwest (i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breath), pl. hwist (i chwist)

hwest

puff

hwest (i chwest, o chwest) (breath, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)

hwest

breath

(i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)

hwest

breeze

(i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breath), pl. hwist (i chwist)

hwest

puff

(i chwest, o chwest) (breath, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)

thûl

breath

1. thûl (pl. thuil), 2) hwest (i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)

hwa

breeze

n. #breeze. >> hwá

hwá

breeze

n. #breeze. >> hwa

thûl

breath

(pl. thuil)

hwesta

noun. breeze, breeze; [ᴹQ.] breath, puff of air

A noun in Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings glossed “breeze”, the name of tengwa #12 [c] (LotR/1123).

Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. hwesta “breath, breeze, puff of air” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” (Ety/SWES).

hwesta

breeze, breath, puff of air

hwesta (1) noun "breeze, breath, puff of air" (SWES), also name of tengwa #12 (Appendix E, VT46:17); hwesta sindarinwa "Grey-elven hw", name of tengwa #34 (Appendix E).

hwesta-

verb. to puff

hwesta- (2) vb. "to puff" (SWES)

foa

breath, puff of breath

foa (1) noun "breath, puff of breath" (VT47:35, 36)

fúmë

noun. breath

A word for “breath” in the Löa Yucainen poem, perhaps related to föa “(puff of) breath”.

chwest

noun. puff, breath, breeze

chwest

noun. puff, breath, breeze

thûl

noun. breath

thûl

noun. breath

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “breath” derived from the root ᴹ√THŪ “puff, blow” (Ety/THŪ). As written in The Etymologies, the actual form was thūl (EtyAC/THŪ).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave G. fest “breath, breathing” (GL/35), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√ǶEHE “breathe” (QL/41) with ƕ becoming f.

pûh

noun. breath

A noun translated “breath” and fully declined as an example of a Weak I noun (SD/431).