Early Quenya
wilwarin
noun. butterfly
Cognates
- G. gwilbrin “butterfly” ✧ LT1A/Vilna
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/104
Element in
- Eq. máno kiluvando ninqe lutya kirya wilwarindon “*who shall see a white ship sailing like a butterfly” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. pinilya wilwarindon “small like a butterfly” ✧ MC/220; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. wilwarinda “butterflylike”
- Eq. valkane wilwarindon “vague as a butterfly” ✧ MC/213
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√GWILI > ’wilwarin [gʷilwarind] > [wilwarind] > [wilwarin] ✧ QL/104 Variations
- ’wilwarin ✧ QL/104