oi

ever

oi adv. "ever" (OY)

vor

ever

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

oia-

verb. live, pass one’s days

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.

coita-

verb. live, be alive, have life

cuita

verb. live

ia

ever

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

úlumë

ever

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

cuia-

verb. to live

him

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

Element in

• S. Himring “Ever-cold” ✧ S/123

Variations

• him ✧ S/123 (him)

cuia

live

(i guia, i chuia; the attested form is the imperative cuio). Also cuina (i guina, i chuinar).

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

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

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

ui-

prefix. ever

iphant

long-lived

(aged,  literally ”year-full”), pl. iphaint. The spelling used in the source is ”ifant” (LR:400 s.v. YEN), but since the f arises from earlier (n > m +) p via nasal mutation, it should be written ph according to the spelling conventions described in LotR Appendix E.

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

oio

adverb. ever

Derivations

• √OY “ever, continual, unceasing”

Derivatives

• S. ui “ever” ✧ Let/278

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