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Qenya 

silme

noun. moonlight, light of Silpion, †silver

Cognates

  • N. silif “light of Silpion, †silver, light of Silpion, †silver, *moonlight” ✧ Ety/SIL
  • Ilk. istil “silver light, starlight” ✧ Ety/SIL
  • N. silith “light of Silpion, †silver, light of Silpion, *moonlight” ✧ Ety/SIL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶silimē “light of Silpion, †silver” ✧ Ety/SIL
    • ᴹ√SIL “shine silver” ✧ Ety/SIL

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Silmerosse “Glimmering Rain” ✧ Ety/SIL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶silimē > silme[silimē] > [silmē] > [silme]✧ Ety/SIL
Qenya [Ety/SIL; EtyAC/SIL; PE22/022; PE22/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

proper name. Moon

A name for the moon in linguistic notes from 1930s (PE21/38, 41), perhaps a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDŪ “go down”, though this root usually applied to the Sun. Its dual form Nunt referred to both the sun and moon (PE21/38).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)”
Qenya [PE21/38; PE21/41] Group: Eldamo. Published by