A word for “the sky” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with variants Taime and Taimie from the early root ᴱ√TAHA [DAHA] (QL/87). ᴱQ. tea “sky” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s is probably related, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/142).
Early Quenya
ilwe
noun. sky, heavens
Cognates
- G. ilwint “sky, heavens; (lit.) face of god” ✧ GL/50; LT1A/Ilwë
Derivations
- ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars” ✧ QL/042
Element in
- Eq. ilweran(ta) “bridge of heaven, rainbow” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; QL/042
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ILU > ilwe [iluē] > [ilue] > [ilwe] ✧ QL/042 Variations
- Ilwë ✧ LBI/Ilwë; LT1/085; LT1I/Ilwë; LT2I/Ilwë; SMI/Ilwë
- ilwë ✧ LT1/127; LT1A/Ilwë; LT1A/Vilna
ilu
noun. ether
Cognates
- G. Ilon “Ilúvatar, God” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon
Derivations
- ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars” ✧ QL/042
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ILU > ILU [ilū] > [ilu] ✧ QL/042 Variations
- Ilu ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PME/042
- ilwe ✧ PE15/68 (
ilwe)- ILU ✧ QL/042
taime
noun. sky
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; QL/087
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAHA > Taime [taximē] > [taxime] > [taɣime] > [taime] ✧ QL/087 Variations
- Taimë ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- Taimië ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- tea ✧ PE16/142
- Taime ✧ QL/088
- Taimie ✧ QL/088
taimie
noun. sky
tea
noun. sky
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s described as “sky, heavens, the blue air that is about the stars, the middle layers”, derived from the root ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars” (QL/42). Hence it was above the lower airs (where people breathed) and below the upper airs (outer space); this arrangement of lower, middle, upper airs is one that Tolkien eventually abandoned in his later writings.