hwesta
breeze, breath, puff of air
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).
Cognates
- ᴺS. hwest “puff, breath, breeze”
Derivations
- ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing”
Element in
- ᴺQ. hwestalauca “vapour”
- Q. hwesta sindarinwa “Grey-elven hw” ✧ LotR/1123
hwesta-
to puff
hwesta- (2) vb. "to puff" (SWES)
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).