aulë (2) adj. "shaggy" (LT1:249; this "Qenya" word may have been obsoleted by # 1 above)
Quenya
aulë
invention
aulë
shaggy
aulë
masculine name. The Maker, The Smith
Aulë is the Valar of crafting and smithing, spouse of Yavanna, and his name is variously glossed as “The Maker” (S/44) or “The Smith” (LotR/1137). His Quenya name is an adaptation of his Valarin name Val. Aʒūlēz of unknown meaning (WJ/399). His name may also be related to the word [ᴹQ.] aule “invention”.
Conceptual Development: This name dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, appearing from the beginning in the same form: ᴱQ. Aule (LT1/16), and it was translated “Smith” in an early name list (PE13/104). In Tolkien’s Old English version of the Quenta Noldorinwa, his name is translated as “Cræftfréa”, Old English for “Craft Lord” (SM/208). In The Etymologies, ᴹQ. Aule is derived from the root ᴹ√GAWA and thus connected to ᴹQ. aule “invention” (Ety/GAWA). In the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, Tolkien said that his name was derived from Valarin Aʒūlēz (WJ/399), and this appears to be the last thing Tolkien wrote on the derivation of this name.
Cognates
- Kh. Mahal “Aulë” ✧ S/044; WJI/Mahal
Derivations
- Val. Aʒūlēz “Aulë” ✧ WJ/399
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Val. Aʒūlēz > Aulë [aɣūlē] > [aulē] > [aule] ✧ WJ/399
sintamo
smith
sintamo noun "smith" (PE17:107-108), cf. more usual variant tamo, q.v.
sintamo
noun. smith
Derivations
- ✶sinkitamo “smith” ✧ PE17/108
Elements
Word Gloss tamo “smith, builder” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶sinkitamo > sintamo [siŋkitamo] > [sintamo] ✧ PE17/108
aulë (1) noun "invention" (GAWA/GOWO); evidently connected to or associated with Aulë, name of the Vala of craft (GAWA/GOWO, TAN), spouse of Yavanna; the name is adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:399)