ia

ever

[ia adv. "ever" (GEY, EY); replaced by oia.]

oi

ever

oi adv. "ever" (OY)

auta

particle. ago

auta

adverb. ago

Derivations

• √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago, away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago; [ᴹ√] forth, out” ✧ PE22/168

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√awa > auta	[auta]	✧ PE22/168

enge

adverb. ago

ago, once, in the past

voro

ever, continually

voro, voro- adv. "ever, continually" (BOR, Narqelion) Compare vor. (Focusing on the gloss "continually", post-Tolkien writers have sometimes used voro for "still, yet", but for this sense the term en is available.) The variants vora, vorë were used for "always" in drafts for a Quenya version of the Sub Tuum Praesidium, but Tolkien eventually replaced such forms with the unrelated word illumë (VT44:9). Compare vórë, vórëa.

vor

ever

vor, voro adv. "ever" (BOR, LT1:250, 273 [only voro_ in the Etymologies]; also in Narqelion)_

úlumë

ever

úlumë adv. "ever", at all times (in a series or period) (PE17:156). Cf. ullumë.

iâ

noun. gulf

iâ

noun. abyss, void

ui

adverb. ever

Cognates

• Q. oi(o) “ever, everlastingly; an endless period, ever, everlastingly; an endless period, *aeon”

Derivations

• ✶oio “ever” ✧ Let/278
  • √OY “ever, continual, unceasing”

Element in

• S. Fanuilos “Bright (Angelic) Figure upon Uilos” ✧ Let/278
• S. Uilos “Ever-snow”
• S. uilos “white flower like a star”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶oio > ui	[oio] > [uio] > [ui]	✧ Let/278

him

adverb/adjective. ever, ever, [N.] enduring, continually; steadfast, abiding

Element in

• S. Himring “Ever-cold” ✧ S/123

Variations

• him ✧ S/123 (him)

ui-

prefix. ever

ia

iâ

The word is a descendant form of yagā, deriving from the root YAG.

ia

ago

ia, io

ia

ago

io

iaw

gulf

(cleft, ravine), pl. ioe. Note: a homophone means ”corn”.

iâ

gulf

1) iâ (chasm, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383), 2) iaw (cleft, ravine), pl. ioe. Note: a homophone means ”corn”.

iâ

gulf

(chasm, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

ui

ever

ui (always); also used as adj. ”everlasting, eternal”. Also as prefix, as in *uidafnen ”ever-closed) (WJ:341, where the spelling ”uidavnen” is used), pl. uidefnin

ui

ever

(always); also used as adj. ”everlasting, eternal”. Also as prefix, as in ✱uidafnen ”ever-closed) (WJ:341, where the spelling ”uidavnen” is used), pl. uidefnin

oio

adverb. ever

Derivations

• √OY “ever, continual, unceasing”

Derivatives

• S. ui “ever” ✧ Let/278

ia

noun. gulf

ia

noun. abyss, void

ia

noun. gulf

Derivations

• ᴹ✶yagō “gulf” ✧ Ety/YAG; RS/437
  • ᴹ√YAG “yawn, gape” ✧ Ety/YAG

Element in

• N. Moria “Black Gulf” ✧ Ety/YAG; RS/437

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶yagu- > ia	[jagu] > [jago] > [jaɣo] > [jaɣ] > [ja]	✧ Ety/YAG
ᴹ✶yagō > ia	[jagō] > [jago] > [jaɣo] > [jaɣ] > [ja]	✧ RS/437

ia

adverb. ago

io

adverb. ago

io

adverb. ago

Cognates

• ᴹQ. yá “formerly, ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

• ᴹ√YA “there, over there; (of time) back, ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√YA > io	[jā] > [jǭ] > [jou] > [jau] > [jo]	✧ Ety/YA

ui

adverb. ever

Derivations

• ᴹ√GEY “ever, everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY
• On. uigo “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY
  • ᴹ√OY “ever, eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Element in

• N. Fenn Uiforn “Ever Closed [Door]” ✧ WR/341
• N. Mindor Uilas “*Isolated Mountain of Ever-leaf”
• N. Uiar “Ulmo”
• N. Uilos “Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/EY (Uiloss); Ety/OY
• N. Guilos “ever-snow” ✧ Ety/GEY (Guilos)

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√EY > Ui-	[eigo] > [oigo] > [uigo] > [uiɣo] > [uiɣ] > [ui]	✧ Ety/EY
ᴹ√GEY > Gui-	[geigo] > [goigo] > [guigo] > [guiɣo] > [guiɣ] > [gui]	✧ Ety/GEY
On. Uigo > Ui-	[uigo] > [uiɣo] > [uiɣ] > [ui]	✧ Ety/OY

Variations

• Ui- ✧ Ety/EY (Ui-); Ety/OY
• Gui- ✧ Ety/GEY (Gui-)
• ui ✧ WR/341