A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bird”, derived from the early root ᴱ√GWILI that was the basis for words having to do with flight (QL/104).
Early Quenya
oi
noun. bird, hen
Derivations
- ᴱ√OHO “*egg” ✧ QL/069
Element in
- Eq. oïkta rámavoite karneambarai “*of red-breasted birds on the wing” ✧ VT40/08
- Eq. oïkta rámavoite malinai “*of yellow birds on the wing” ✧ VT40/08
oive
noun. bird
Cognates
- En. aiw “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Variations
- oi ✧ PE16/132
- oiwe ✧ PE16/132
oi(we)
noun. bird
aiwe
noun. bird
Cognates
- G. aigli “bird” ✧ GL/17
Derivations
- ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17
Element in
- Eq. anwe or aiqale elta súrut lunte aiwendon lossiattea “*went on the heights driven by the wind a ship like a bird with a blossom-white neck” ✧ PE16/147
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√aı̯² > aiwe [ajwē] > [ajwe] > [aiwe] ✧ GL/17
wilin
noun. bird
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/104
Element in
- Eq. wilindea “as a bird” ✧ QL/104
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√GWILI > ’wilin [gʷilin] > [wilin] ✧ QL/104 Variations
- ’wilin ✧ QL/104
The word ᴱQ. oi “bird, hen” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the unglossed early root ᴱ√OHO, but Tolkien considered transferring this and related words to ᴱ√OHO “cry” (QL/69). This word also seems to have appeared in an inflected form oïkta in the very early Narqelion poem.
Conceptual Development: In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien had ᴱQ. oi and oiwe “bird” (PE16/132), forms that later developed into Q. aiwë “bird”. However, many years later in Common Eldarin: Noun Structure from the early 1950s Tolkien had the primitive word ✶kholjē “hen” derived from the root √KHOL “crow, cry aloud”, which seems to be a later iteration of the early oi “hen” word.
Neo-Quenya: Based on ✶kholjē, Gábor Lőrinczi proposed a neologism ᴺQ. holyë “hen” as recorded in the VQP (VQP). I would treat holyë “hen” as exclusively feminine, as opposed to ᴺQ. porocë which can be used both of hens and of chickens generally.