climli

noun. heaven, sky

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “heaven, sky”, derived from the root ᴱ√tel- (GL/26). It is likely related to ᴱQ. telimbo “canopy, often used = sky” (QL/90), where the initial tel- became tl- and then tl- became cl-.

dai

noun. sky

ilon

noun. sky

A word for “sky” in an early name list from the 1910s and appearing in a couple early names: G. Thlim Quing Ilon “✱Folk of the Heavenly Arc” and G. Cris o Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof” (PE13/101, 104), the latter revised to G. Cris Ilbranteloth (LT2/202). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, however, G. Ilon was the name of Ilúvatar (GL/50).

luithon

noun. sky

A word for “sky” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. lui “blueness” (GL/55).