Early Quenya
oiwa
adjective. glossy
Derivations
- ᴱ√OẎO “salve, rub, oil” ✧ QL/071
Element in
- Eq. oiwie “gloss, glossiness” ✧ QL/071
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√OẎO > oiwa [oðʲwā] > [oðʲwa] > [ojwa] > [oiwa] ✧ QL/071 Variations
- oiqa ✧ QL/071
oiqa
adjective. glossy
silwa
adjective. glossy
Derivations
- ᴱ√SILI “*gleam” ✧ QL/083
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SILI > silwa [silwā] > [silwa] ✧ QL/083
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
oive
noun. bird
Cognates
- En. aiw “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Variations
- oi ✧ PE16/132
- oiwe ✧ PE16/132
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
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).