Quenya
suiva
adjective. soughing, moaning [of wind]
Derivations
- √SŪ “blow, move with audible sound (of air)”
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!
Early Quenya
suiva
adjective. soughing, moaning
Derivations
- ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” ✧ QL/086
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SUH͡YU > suiva [suθʲiβā] > [suθʲiβa] > [suðʲiβa] > [suīβa] > [suīva] > [suiva] ✧ QL/086
A word appearing as ᴱQ. suiva “soughing, moaning” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. sú “noise of wind” (QL/86). The word “soughing” is the present participle of the archaic English verb “sough” meaning “make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea, etc.)”.
Neo-Quenya: Since Q. sú “sound of wind” reappeared in later writings (VT47/12), I think ᴺQ. suiva can also be used in Neo-Quenya to describing something with a moaning, wind-like sound.