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
wilda
adjective. winged
ilma
noun. air
rámaite
adjective. winged
valkane
adjective. vague
An adjective for “winged” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWILI whose derivatives had to do with birds and flight (QL/104).