oi

ever

oi adv. "ever" (OY)

oi

adverb. ever, everlastingly

oi(o)

noun/adverb. ever, everlastingly; an endless period, ever, everlastingly; an endless period, *aeon

Cognates

• S. ui “ever”

Derivations

• √OY “ever, continual, unceasing” ✧ PE17/069

Element in

• ᴺQ. úoio “never”
• Q. Coron Oiolairë “Mound Ever-summer”
• Q. oialë “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity, forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity; [ᴹQ.] everlasting age” ✧ RGEO/61
• Q. Oiencarmë “Perpetual Production”
• Q. oiolairë “ever-summer (a species of tree)”
• Q. Oiolossë “Ever (Snow) White” ✧ PE17/069; RGEO/61; SA/los
• Q. Oiomúrë
• Q. tennoio “forever, forever[more]” ✧ UT/317

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√OY > oi-	[oj-] > [oi-]	✧ PE17/069

Variations

• oi- ✧ PE17/069
• oi ✧ RGEO/61
• oio ✧ RGEO/61; SA/los; UT/317

cuita-

verb. to live

A word appearing as Q. kuita “live” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, most notably in the phrase kuita’r pare “live and learn”, derived from the root √KUY “live” (PE22/154, 156).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I prefer to use √KUY for “wake” (NM/274) and √KOY for “live”; see those roots for discussion. As such, I would use Q. coita- for “to live” and would assume ᴺQ. cuita- means to “to waken, rouse”, as did its primitive form from the 1950s: ✶kuitā- (PE22/136). I further assume cuita- “to waken, rouse” is a transative/causative verb (taking a direct object) based on the long ā in this primitive form, with a past tense cuitane “woke, roused”.

Derivations

• √KUY “awake; live, awake; live, [ᴹ√] come to life” ✧ PE22/156

Element in

• Q. cuita’r parë “live and learn” ✧ PE22/154

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KUY > kuita	[kuita-]	✧ PE22/156

Variations

• kuita ✧ PE22/156

ia

ever

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

vor

ever

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

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.

úlumë

ever

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

ui-

prefix. ever

cuia-

verb. to live

A verb for “to live” appearing only in the imperative form cuio in the phrase cuio i Pheriain anann “long live the Halflings” or “may the Halflings live long” (LotR/953; Let/448; PE17/102). It already had this form when it appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (SD/46).

Derivations

• √KOY “*live, have life, [ᴹ√] live, have life”

Element in

• S. cuio i Pheriain anann “may the Halflings live long” ✧ Let/448; LotR/0953; PE17/102

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

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

cuia-

verb. to live

Derivations

• ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake”

Element in

• N. cuio i Pheriain anann “long live the halflings” ✧ SD/046

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