A word for “air” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/142), probably based on the early root ᴱ√ILU “ether”. Later ᴹQ. Ilma was used for “Starlight” (Ety/GIL; LR/205).
Early Quenya
súye
noun. air, breezes, winds
Derivations
- ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” ✧ QL/086
Element in
- Eq. piliningwe súyer nalla qanta “*the airs are so full” ✧ VT40/08
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SUHU > sūye [suxjē] > [suxje] > [suɣje] > [sūje] ✧ QL/086 Variations
- sūye ✧ QL/086 (sūye)
ilma
noun. air
Elements
Word Gloss ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars”
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “air, breezes, winds”, derived from the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” (QL/86).