waia

envelope

waia > vaia noun "envelope", especially of the Outer Sea or Air enfolding the world within the Ilurambar or world-walls (WAY) (also vaiya, waiya)

waiya

envelope

waiya > vaiya (also vaia, waia) noun "envelope", especially of the Outer Sea or Air enfolding the world within the Ilurambar or world-walls (WAY)

vaia

envelope

vaia < waia (also vaiya < waiya) noun "envelope", especially of the Outer Sea or Air enfolding the world within the Ilurambar or world-walls (WAY). Cf. váya.

vaiya

envelope

vaiya < waiya (also vaia, waia) noun "envelope", especially of the Outer Sea or Air enfolding the world within the Ilurambar or world-walls (WAY, capitalized Vaiya under GEY; the latter entry was struck out). In a "Qenya" text in MC:214, vaiya is simply translated "sky". In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, vaiya (/ waiya) was also the name of a tengwa letter that does not appear in Tolkien's later table, but which was apparently intended to have the value w > v, like the letter wilya > vilya in the later, canonical system (VT46:21). According to Arden R. Smith, the form of the pre-classical letter is a variant of #21, which letter Tolkien would later call vala (VT46:32).

ui

noun. envelope (especially of the Outer Sea or Air enfolding the world within the Ilurambar or world-walls)

ui

noun. envelope

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Vaiya “Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean” ✧ Ety/GEY
• ᴹQ. vai(y)a “envelope” ✧ Ety/WAY

Derivations

• ᴹ√WAY “enfold” ✧ Ety/GEY
• On. uia “envelope” ✧ Ety/WAY
  • ᴹ✶wāyā “envelope” ✧ Ety/WAY
  • ᴹ√WAY “enfold” ✧ Ety/GEY; Ety/WAY

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. uia > ui	[uia] > [ui]	✧ Ety/WAY

Variations

• Gui ✧ Ety/GEY (Gui)
• ui ✧ Ety/WAY