vala

noun. (Angelic) Power, ‘God’, Authority, (Angelic) Power, Authority, God

Cognates

• S. Balan “Vala, Vala, [N.] Power, God” ✧ PE17/048; SA/val

Derivations

• √BAL “power; powerful, mighty; have power” ✧ PE17/048; PE17/048; SA/val

Element in

• Q. lan i Valaron arcanwar tauvar “*while the thrones of the Valar endure” ✧ PE22/147; PE22/147
• Q. Nasser ar Cenime Cantar Valaron ar Maiaron “The Natures and Visible Shapes of the Valar and Maiar” ✧ PE17/175
• Q. Pelóri Valion “Mountains of Valinor” ✧ MR/018
• Q. Valacar “*Vala Helm” ✧ PE17/114
• Q. Valacirca “Sickle of the Valar” ✧ S/048; SA/val
• Q. Valandil “Lover of the Valar” ✧ Let/386
• Q. Valandor “Land of the Valar”
• Q. Valandur “*Servant of the Vala”
• Q. Valanya “*Friday, Vala-day”
• Q. Valaquenta “Account of the Valar” ✧ SA/val
• Q. Valar ar Maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar ar larmar “Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment” ✧ PE17/174; PE17/175
• Q. Valarauko “Demon of Might” ✧ SA/val
• Q. Valarin
• Q. Valaróma “Horn of Oromë, *(lit.) Vala-horn”
• Q. Valar valuvar “the will of the Valar will be done” ✧ WJ/404
• Q. Valimar “Dwelling of the Valar” ✧ PE17/074; SA/val
• Q. Valinórë “Land of the Valar” ✧ Let/198; PE17/074; SA/val

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√BAL > Valar	[balar] > [βalar] > [valar]	✧ PE17/048
√BAL > Vala	[bala] > [βala] > [vala]	✧ PE17/048
√bal- > val-	[bala] > [βala] > [vala]	✧ SA/val

Variations

• vala ✧ LotR/1123