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Qenya 

silma

adjective. silver, shining white

Cognates

  • N. silef “silver, shining white” ✧ Ety/SIL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶silimā “silver, shining white” ✧ Ety/SIL
    • ᴹ√SIL “shine silver” ✧ Ety/SIL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶silimā > silma[silimā] > [silmā] > [silma]✧ Ety/SIL

ilma

proper name. Starlight

This name first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s as ᴹQ. Silma >> Ilma >> Ilmen as a name for the “Place of Light”, home of the stars (SM/240-1). It reappeared in the mid-30s as a word for “Starlight” (LR/205), and also appeared in The Etymologies as a derivative of ᴹ√GIL, alongside (and perhaps an element of) Ilmen “region above air where stars are” (Ety/GIL).

Changes

  • SilmaIlma ✧ LRI/Silma
  • SilmaIlma ✧ SM/240
  • IlmaIlmen ✧ SM/240
  • IlmaIlmen ✧ SMI/Ilma
  • SilmaIlma ✧ SMI/Ilma
  • IlmaIlmen ✧ SMI/Ilmen
  • SilmaIlma ✧ SMI/Silma

Cognates

  • N. gilith “starlight, *region of the stars” ✧ Ety/GIL; Ety/GIL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GIL “shine (white or pale)” ✧ Ety/GIL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GIL > Ilma[gilma] > [ɣilma] > [ilma]✧ Ety/GIL

Variations

  • Silma ✧ LRI/Silma; SM/240; SMI/Ilma; SMI/Silma
Qenya [Ety/GIL; LR/205; LRI/Ilma; LRI/Silma; SM/240; SMI/Ilma; SMI/Ilmen; SMI/Silma] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telpe

noun. silver

Cognates

  • N. celeb “silver” ✧ Ety/KYELEP; Ety/KYELEP
  • On. kelepe “silver” ✧ Ety/KYELEP
  • ᴹT. telpe “silver” ✧ Ety/KYELEP
  • Ilk. telf “silver” ✧ Ety/KYELEP

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KYELEP “silver” ✧ Ety/KYELEP; Ety/KYELEP

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KYELEP/TELEP > telpe[kjelepe] > [kjelpe] > [tjelpe]✧ Ety/KYELEP
ᴹ√KYÉLEP > telpe[kjelepe] > [kjelpe] > [tjelpe]✧ Ety/KYELEP

Variations

  • tyelpe ✧ Ety/KYELEP (tyelpe); Ety/KYELEP; EtyAC/KYELEP; PE22/023; PE22/052
Qenya [Ety/KYELEP; EtyAC/KYELEP; PE22/023; PE22/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tyelpe

noun. silver