Quenya 

wilin

bird

wilin noun "bird" (LT1:273; if this "Qenya" word is to be used in LotR-style Quenya, it must not be confused with the 1st pers. aorist of the verb wil-.)

wil-

fly

wil- vb. "fly" (1st pers. aorist wilin "I fly"; changed from vilin pa.t. villë, which would be the forms used in later Exilic Quenya. The older pa.t. would be willë.) (WIL). The early "Qenya" lexicon haswili- "sail, float, fly" (LT1:273)

vil-

to fly

vil- vb. "to fly" (The forms given are the 1st pers. aorist vilin "I fly" and the pa.t. villë. Tolkien replaced wilin with wil-, pa.t. presumably *wille, but this may not render vil- obsolete; rather, Tolkien simply decided to cite the verb in its Old Quenya form, before the merger of w- with v- that occurred in Exilic Quenya.) (WIL)

tsette

noun. fly

Quenya [PE 22:51] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

itsë

noun. fly

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. ITITH “annoy, *itch, irritate; peck, bite (of flies)”

Sindarin 

aewen

adjective. of birds

Sindarin [Linaewen S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

revia-

verb. to wander

Sindarin [Ety/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aew

noun. (small) bird

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

revia-

verb. to fly, sail

Sindarin [Ety/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

emlinn

yellowhammer

(= "yellow singer"); no distinct pl. form. Also emelin, no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. emelinnath. Adj.

aewen

of birds

pl. aewin.

fileg

bird

pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular.

aew

bird

(small bird) 1) aew. No distinct pl. form. 2) fileg, pl. filig; the form filigod appears as an alternative singular. or

aew

bird

. No distinct pl. form.

renia

fly

1) renia- (sail, wander, stray) (i renia, idh reniar), 2)

renia

fly

(sail, wander, stray) (i renia, idh reniar)

rib

fly

rib- (i rîb, idh ribir) (rush, fling)

rib

fly

(i rîb, idh ribir) (rush, fling)

Noldorin 

emlin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

emelin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

emmelin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

filigod

noun. small bird

Noldorin [Ety/381] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fileg

noun. small bird

Noldorin [Ety/381] Singular formed by analogy. Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhevia-

verb. to wander

Noldorin [Ety/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aew

noun. (small) bird

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhevia-

verb. to fly, sail

Noldorin [Ety/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

wil-

verb. to fly

vil-

verb. to fly, to fly, [ᴱQ.] float, sail

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air” ✧ Ety/WIL

Element in

  • ᴺQ. amavil- “to fly up, soar”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√WIL > vilin[gwil-] > [ɣwil-] > [wil-] > [vil-]✧ Ety/WIL
ᴹ√WIL > wilin[gwil-] > [ɣwil-] > [wil-] > [vil-]✧ Ety/WIL

oio

noun. bird

tsette

noun. fly

Gnomish

aigli

noun. bird

Cognates

  • Eq. aiwe “bird” ✧ GL/17

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17
Gnomish [GL/17; GL/32] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bil

noun. bird

A word for “bird” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing next to G. bilinc “sparrow”, but this word was deleted and the gloss for bilinc was expanded to “a small bird, especially sparrow” (GL/22-23). The form bil appeared in a couple other places in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/23, 31), but seems to represent a “root” rather than a word. Tolkien indicated bil was derived from ᴱ✶du̯il (GL/31), but the exact mechanism whereby du̯- became b- isn’t clear, but a similar change is seen in 1920s ᴱ✶du̯ag- > ᴱT. baga- “beat” and ᴱ✶tu̯ak- > ᴱQ. pak- “apply, attach” (PE14/66).

Changes

  • bil → bilin “bird” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VILI “*air” ✧ GL/22
  • ᴱ✶du(w)il “*bird” ✧ GL/31

Element in

  • G. bilin(c) “small bird, sparrow”
  • G. glindwil “swallow” ✧ GL/39
  • G. biltha- “to flutter, flit” ✧ GL/23

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√bīl- > bil[βil] > [bil]✧ GL/22
ᴱ✶du̯il > bil[dwil] > [bil]✧ GL/31
Gnomish [GL/23; GL/31; GL/39] Group: Eldamo. Published by

duila-

verb. to fly

sitha

noun. fly

A word for “fly” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/68), perhaps related to the early root ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” (QL/43).

Cognates

  • Eq. itse “small fly”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy”

Element in

  • G. sithagong “dragonfly” ✧ GL/68; LT1A/Gong
  • G. sithaling “fly snake, dragonfly” ✧ GL/68
  • G. Sithaloth “Pleiades (lit.) Fly-cluster” ✧ GL/68; LT1A/Gong

Variations

  • sitha ✧ LT1A/Gong
Gnomish [GL/68; LT1A/Gong] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

aiw

noun. bird

Cognates

  • Eq. oive “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

wilin

noun. bird

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bird”, derived from the early root ᴱ√GWILI that was the basis for words having to do with flight (QL/104).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/104

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GWILI > ’wilin[gʷilin] > [wilin]✧ QL/104

Variations

  • ’wilin ✧ QL/104
Early Quenya [LT1A/Vilna; QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aiwe

noun. bird

Cognates

  • G. aigli “bird” ✧ GL/17

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA ✧ GL/17

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√aı̯² > aiwe[ajwē] > [ajwe] > [aiwe]✧ GL/17
Early Quenya [GL/17; PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oi(we)

noun. bird

oive

noun. bird

Cognates

  • En. aiw “bird” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158

Variations

  • oi ✧ PE16/132
  • oiwe ✧ PE16/132
Early Quenya [PE13/136; PE13/158; PE16/132] Group: Eldamo. Published by