(small bird) 1) aew. No distinct pl. form. 2) fileg, pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular. or
Quenya
wilin
bird
Sindarin
aew
noun. (small) bird
aewen
adjective. of birds
aew
bird
aew
bird
. No distinct pl. form.
fileg
bird
pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular.
aewen
of birds
pl. aewin.
emlinn
yellowhammer
(= "yellow singer"); no distinct pl. form. Also emelin, no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. emelinnath. Adj.
cuen
small gull
cuen (i guen, o chuen) (petrel), pl. ?cuin (?i chuin) (VT45:24).
paen
small gull
1) *paen (i baen, o phaen) (petrel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i phaen). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” poen, VT45:24. 2) cuen (i guen, o chuen) (petrel), pl. ?cuin (?i chuin) (VT45:24)
Noldorin
fileg
noun. small bird
filigod
noun. small bird
aew
noun. (small) bird
cuen
noun. small gull, petrel, sea-bird
A noun appearing as cuen “small gull, petrel” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a loan word from Ilk. cwên of the same meaning, derived from the primitive root ᴹ√KWǢ (EtyAC/KWǢ). Its Noldorin form N. poen had fallen out of use. It also appeared with the form cuén “a sea-bird” in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s, again as a loan word from Ilkorin (PE22/32).
Neo-Sindarin: Since Ilkorin was no longer a part of Tolkien’s system of Elvish languages in the 1950s and 60s, this word is somewhat questionable, but I think it is worth retaining, reimagined as a loan word from a different language (probably a dialect of Nandorin).
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Ilk. cwēn > cuen [kwen] > [kuen] ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ Variations
- cuén ✧ PE22/032
emlin
noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"
emelin
noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"
emmelin
noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"
poen
noun. small gull, petrel
A noun for “small gull, petrel” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶kwǣnē under the root ᴹ√KWǢ, but it fell out of use and was replaced by N. cuen, a loan-word from Ilkorin (EtyAC/KWǢ).
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. paine > poen [paine] > [pain] > [poen] ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Qenya
oio
noun. bird
Doriathrin
cwên
noun. small gull, petrel, sea-bird
A noun meaning “small gull, petrel, sea-bird” derived from primitive ᴹ✶kwǣnē (EtyAC/KWǢ, PE22/32), an example of how primitive [[ilk|[ǣ] became [ē]]] in Ilkorin. In the Etymologies, this word was marked as Ilkorin (EtyAC/KWǢ), while in Tolkien’s description of the “Fëanorian Alphabet”, it was marked as Falathrin (PE22/32).
Cognates
Derivations
Derivatives
- N. cuen “small gull, petrel, sea-bird” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kwǣ-nē > cwēn [kwǣnē] > [kwǣne] > [kwēne] > [kwēn] ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ Variations
- cwēn ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032 (Fal. cwēn)
Old Noldorin
paine
noun. small gull, petrel
Cognates
- Ilk. cwên “small gull, petrel, sea-bird” ✧ PE22/032
Derivations
Derivatives
- N. poen “small gull, petrel” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kwǣ-nē > paine [kwǣnē] > [pǣnē] > [pǣne] > [paine] ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ Variations
- pę̄ne ✧ PE22/032 (pę̄ne)
Middle Primitive Elvish
kwǣnē
noun. small gull, petrel
Derivations
- ᴹ√KWǢ “onomatopoetic” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ
Derivatives
Variations
- kwǣ-nē ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ
Middle Telerin
páne
noun. small gull, petrel
Cognates
Derivations
Variations
- pāne ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032
Gnomish
aigli
noun. bird
Cognates
- Eq. aiwe “bird” ✧ GL/17
Derivations
- ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17
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
bil→ bilin “bird” ✧ GL/22Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√bīl- > bil [βil] > [bil] ✧ GL/22 ᴱ✶du̯il > bil [dwil] > [bil] ✧ GL/31
Early Noldorin
aiw
noun. bird
Cognates
- Eq. oive “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Early Quenya
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
oi(we)
noun. bird
oive
noun. bird
Cognates
- En. aiw “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Variations
- oi ✧ PE16/132
- oiwe ✧ PE16/132
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
- Eq. wilindea “as a bird” ✧ QL/104
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√GWILI > ’wilin [gʷilin] > [wilin] ✧ QL/104 Variations
- ’wilin ✧ QL/104
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-.)