Maia

the beautiful

Maia pl. Maiar noun "the Beautiful" (MR:49), the lesser (= non-Vala) Ainur that entered Eä. Variant Máya in VT42:13/VT47:18, pl. Máyar in PM:363, 364 and VT47:18 (possibly, Máya is to be understood as the older form of Maia). With negative prefix ú- also Úmaiar, Maiar who became evil and followed Melkor, such as Balrogs (MR:79, "Umaiar", MR:165).

maia

noun. (angelic) spirit, the Beautiful

Derivations

• ✶Māya ✧ PE19/075; PE19/094
  • √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state, good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state; [ᴹ√] use, handle” ✧ VT47/18
  • √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ VT47/18
• √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/163; PE17/163; PE17/163

Element in

• Q. Nasser ar Cenime Cantar Valaron ar Maiaron “The Natures and Visible Shapes of the Valar and Maiar” ✧ PE17/175
• ᴺQ. úmaia “demon, devil”
• Q. Úmaiar “Evil Spirits”
• Q. Valar ar Maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar ar larmar “Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment” ✧ PE17/174; PE17/175

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MAY > máya > maia	[māja] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE17/163
√MAY > máya > maia	[māja] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE17/163
√MAY > Maiar	[mājar] > [maijar] > [maiar]	✧ PE17/163
✶magyā > maiya	[magjā] > [maɣjā] > [maijā] > [maija]	✧ PE19/075
✶magyā > maı̯ya > maia	[magjā] > [maɣjā] > [maijā] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE19/094

Variations

• maia ✧ MR/340; PE17/163; PE17/163; PE19/075; PE19/094
• maiya ✧ PE19/075
• Máya ✧ VT42/13

maiya

noun. (angelic) spirit

Vanimo

the beautiful

Vanimo (pl. Vanimor given), noun "the beautiful", children of the Valar (BAN), or "fair folk" = (men and) elves (UGU/UMU, VT45:17). Negated úvanimor = "monsters".

maiar

Maiar

The Quenya name Maiar means "the Beautiful".