Quenya 

oio

endless period

oio noun "an endless period" (CO) or adv. "ever" (SA:los). Oiolairë "Ever-summer" (name of a tree, UT:167; also in the name Coron Oiolairë, "Mound of Ever-summer". Oiolossë "Everwhite, Ever-snowwhite", a name of Taniquetil (OY), hence the translation "Mount Everwhite" in Tolkien's rendering of Namárië. See also SA:los. Explicit "mount" in Oron Oiolossë "Mount Everwhite" (WJ:403). Ablativic genitive Oiolossëo "from Mount Everwhite" in Namárië (Nam, RGEO:67, OY)

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
OY > oi-[oj-] > [oi-]✧ PE17/069

Variations

  • oi- ✧ PE17/069
  • oi ✧ RGEO/61
  • oio ✧ RGEO/61; SA/los; UT/317
Quenya [PE17/069; RGEO/61; SA/los; UT/317] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

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)_

wilin

bird

wilin noun "bird" (LT1:273; if this "Qenya" word is to be used in LotR-style Quenya, it must not be confused with the 1st pers. aorist of the verb wil-.)

mennai

until

mennai prep. "until" (VT14:5; in Tolkien's later Quenya rather tenna)

tenna

until, up to, as far as

tenna prep. "until, up to, as far as" (CO), "unto" (VT44:35-36), "to the point", "right up to a point" (of time/place), "until", "to the object, up to, to (reach), as far as" (VT49:22, 23, 24, PE17:187), elided tenn' in the phrase tenn' Ambar-metta "unto the ending of the world" in EO, because the next word begins in a similar vowel; cf. tennoio "for ever" (tenna + oio, q.v.) The unelided form appears in PE17:105: Tenna Ambar-metta.

úlumë

ever

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

Sindarin 

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
oio > ui[oio] > [uio] > [ui]✧ Let/278

aewen

adjective. of birds

Sindarin [Linaewen S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

him

adverb/adjective. ever, ever, [N.] enduring, continually; steadfast, abiding

Element in

  • S. Himring “Ever-cold” ✧ S/123

Variations

  • him ✧ S/123 (him)

ui-

prefix. ever

Sindarin [uidafnen, uilos (see these words)] Cognate of the quenya oi. Group: SINDICT. Published by

aew

noun. (small) bird

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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

aewen

of birds

pl. aewin.

aew

bird

(small bird) 1) aew. No distinct pl. form. 2) fileg, pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular. or

aew

bird

. No distinct pl. form.

fileg

bird

pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular.

aden

preposition. until

Derivations

  • TEN “direction; point (toward); end (in sense of point aimed at)”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

emlinn

yellowhammer

(= "yellow singer"); no distinct pl. form. Also emelin, no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. emelinnath. Adj.

Primitive elvish

oio

adverb. ever

Derivations

  • OY “ever, continual, unceasing”

Derivatives

  • S. ui “ever” ✧ Let/278
Primitive elvish [Let/278] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oy

root. ever, continual, unceasing

This root first appeared as ᴹ√OY “ever, eternal” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/OY), replacing roots ᴹ√GEY, ᴹ√EY, and ᴹ√ƷEI̯ of similar meaning (Ety/GEY, EY; EtyAC/ƷEI̯). It had derivatives like ᴹQ. oi/N. ui “ever” and ᴹQ. oira/N. uireb “eternal” (Ety/OY). It was an element in the name ᴹQ. Oiolosse “(Mount) Ever White” (LR/209), though when Tolkien first coined this name it was ᴹQ. Ialasse (SM/81), as reflected in Tolkien’s vacillations on the proper form of the root. After settling on √OY, he stuck with it thereafter, and this root and primitive form appeared a number of times in his later writings (PE17/69; Let/278).

Derivatives

  • oio “ever”
    • S. ui “ever” ✧ Let/278
  • Q. oia(la) “everlasting, unceasing, without end, for ever” ✧ PE17/069
  • Q. oialë “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity, forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity; [ᴹQ.] everlasting age” ✧ PE17/069
  • Q. oi(o) “ever, everlastingly; an endless period, ever, everlastingly; an endless period, *aeon” ✧ PE17/069

Element in

  • Q. Oiolossë “Ever (Snow) White” ✧ PE17/069

Variations

  • OI̯O ✧ PE17/069; PE17/170
Primitive elvish [PE17/069; PE17/170; PE17/171] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

filigod

noun. small bird

Noldorin [Ety/381] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
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
Noldorin [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; Ety/OY; WR/341] Group: Eldamo. Published by

emlin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fileg

noun. small bird

Noldorin [Ety/381] Singular formed by analogy. Group: SINDICT. Published by

emelin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

emmelin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aew

noun. (small) bird

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

oio

noun. bird

oi

adverb. ever

Derivations

  • ᴹ√OY “ever, eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√OY > oi[oj] > [oi]✧ Ety/OY

ia

adverb. ever

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶geiā “ever” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY
    • ᴹ√GEY “ever, everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY

Element in

  • ᴹQ. iale “everlasting age” ✧ Ety/GEY (iale)
  • ᴹQ. Iolosse “ever-snow, Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/EY (Iolosse)
  • ᴹQ. Ialasse “Everlasting Whiteness”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶eı̯ā > ia[eja] > [ia]✧ Ety/EY
ᴹ✶geı̯ā > ia[geja] > [ɣeja] > [ɣia] > [ia]✧ Ety/GEY
Qenya [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mennai

conjunction. until

Element in

tenna

preposition. until

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish

geiā

adverb. ever

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GEY “ever, everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. ia “ever” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY

Variations

  • eı̯ā ✧ Ety/EY (eı̯ā)
  • geı̯ā ✧ Ety/GEY (geı̯ā)
  • eyā ✧ EtyAC/EY (eyā)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; EtyAC/EY; EtyAC/GEY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

bil

noun. bird

A word for “bird” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing next to G. bilinc “sparrow”, but this word was deleted and the gloss for bilinc was expanded to “a small bird, especially sparrow” (GL/22-23). The form bil appeared in a couple other places in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/23, 31), but seems to represent a “root” rather than a word. Tolkien indicated bil was derived from ᴱ✶du̯il (GL/31), but the exact mechanism whereby du̯- became b- isn’t clear, but a similar change is seen in 1920s ᴱ✶du̯ag- > ᴱT. baga- “beat” and ᴱ✶tu̯ak- > ᴱQ. pak- “apply, attach” (PE14/66).

Changes

  • bilbilin “bird” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VILI “*air” ✧ GL/22
  • ᴱ✶du(w)il “*bird” ✧ GL/31

Element in

  • G. bilin(c) “small bird, sparrow”
  • G. glindwil “swallow” ✧ GL/39
  • G. biltha- “to flutter, flit” ✧ GL/23

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√bīl- > bil[βil] > [bil]✧ GL/22
ᴱ✶du̯il > bil[dwil] > [bil]✧ GL/31
Gnomish [GL/23; GL/31; GL/39] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aigli

noun. bird

Cognates

  • Eq. aiwe “bird” ✧ GL/17

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17
Gnomish [GL/17; GL/32] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

aiw

noun. bird

Cognates

  • Eq. oive “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

oive

noun. bird

Cognates

  • En. aiw “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158

Variations

  • oi ✧ PE16/132
  • oiwe ✧ PE16/132
Early Quenya [PE13/136; PE13/158; PE16/132] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oi(we)

noun. bird

aiwe

noun. bird

Cognates

  • G. aigli “bird” ✧ GL/17

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√aı̯² > aiwe[ajwē] > [ajwe] > [aiwe]✧ GL/17
Early Quenya [GL/17; PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wilin

noun. bird

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).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/104

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWILI > ’wilin[gʷilin] > [wilin]✧ QL/104

Variations

  • ’wilin ✧ QL/104
Early Quenya [LT1A/Vilna; QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by