Alternate name of the second Monday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of tinwe “star” and sana “day”.
Quenya
isilya
noun. *Monday, Moon-day
Cognates
- S. Orithil “*Moon-day, Monday” ✧ LotR/1110
Elements
Word Gloss Isil “Moon, (lit.) Sheen” -ya “adjective suffix”
Name of Monday in the seven-day week of the Elves (otsola) in an early word list (PE14/21). The day was related to sleep and dreams, and was probably derived from ᴱ√MURU having to do with sleep. The name was first given as (rejected) Olōrien, probably derived from the root ᴱ√LORO, also related to sleep.