tuilë noun "spring, spring-time", also used = "dayspring, early morn" (VT39:7, TUY), in the calendar of Imladris a precisely defined period of 54 days, but also used without any exact definition. Cf. tuilérë, q.v. (Appendix D) - In early "Qenya", the word tuilë is glossed "Spring", but it is said that it literally refers to a "budding", also used collectively for "buds, new shoots, fresh green" (LT1:269). Cf. tuima in Tolkien's later Quenya.
Quenya
tuilérë
spring-day
tuilérë
noun. *spring-day
Elements
Word Gloss tuilë “spring, spring, [ᴹQ.] spring-time, [ᴱQ.] (lit.) a budding; buds, new shoots, fresh green” ré “day (period from sunset to sunset)”
tuilë
spring, spring-time
tuilë
noun. spring, spring, [ᴹQ.] spring-time, [ᴱQ.] (lit.) a budding; buds, new shoots, fresh green
Cognates
Derivations
- √TUY “sprout, bud” ✧ VT39/07
Element in
- Q. tuilérë “*spring-day”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √TUJU > tuile [tuile] ✧ VT39/07 Variations
- tuile ✧ PE19/107; VT39/07
tuilérë noun *"Spring-day", a day outside the months in the Steward's Reckoning, inserted between Súlimë and Víressë (rough equivalents of March and April). In Tolkien's early "Qenya", Tuilérë was simply glossed "Spring" (LT1:269).