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Early Quenya

ainu

noun. a (pagan) God

Changes

  • Ainu → Ainur ✧ LT1/061

Cognates

  • G. ainos “(male) god” ✧ PE13/108
  • G. ain “god” ✧ PE15/20; PE15/27; LT1A/Ainur; PE13/103

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA “honour, revere” ✧ QL/034

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AY̯A > ainu[ajnū] > [ajnu] > [ainu]✧ QL/034

Variations

  • ainu ✧ LT1A/Ainur; PME/034; QL/034
  • Aino ✧ PE15/72
Early Quenya [LT1/061; LT1A/Ainur; LT1I/Ainur; LT2I/Ainur; PE13/101; PE13/103; PE13/108; PE15/20; PE15/27; PE15/72; PME/034; QL/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vala

noun. God

Cognates

  • G. Ban “god, one of the Valar” ✧ GL/21; LT2A/Valar; PE15/21; GL/18; PE13/103
  • G. Gwala “one of the gods” ✧ PE15/08; PE15/08

Derivations

  • ᴱ√WALA “fortune, happiness; *power” ✧ QL/099

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VALA > Valar[βalar] > [valar]✧ QL/099
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/21; LBI/Valar; LT1/061; LT1A/Valar; LT1I/Valar; LT2A/Valar; LT2I/Valar; PE13/103; PE14/010; PE15/08; PE15/21; PE15/72; PME/099; QL/039; QL/099] Group: Eldamo. Published by