A word for “sky” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. lui “blueness” (GL/55).
Gnomish
dai
noun. sky
Cognates
- Eq. taime “sky” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
Derivations
- ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
Element in
- G. daimoth “heaven” ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Telimektar
- G. Dor-na-Dhaideloth “[Land of] Heaven Roof” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- G. Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth “Heath of the Sky-roof” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- G. Daimord “Shepherd of the Sky” ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Telimektar; PE13/112
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAHA > dai [daxa] > [dax] > [dai] ✧ LT1A/Telimektar Variations
- dai ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; PE13/112
dai
adverb. very, exceedingly
Variations
- dai ✧ PE13/112
dâ
adjective. high
Cognates
- Eq. tá “high; high above, high up” ✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári
Derivations
Element in
- G. Danigwethil ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Taniquetil
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAHA > dâ [daxā] > [daxa] > [dā] ✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári ᴱ✶daga- > da [dagā] > [daga] > [daɣa] > [dā] ✧ PE13/112 ᴱ✶dagain > dagīn > dain [dagain] > [dagīn] > [daɣīn] > [dain] ✧ PE13/112 Variations
- da ✧ PE13/112
odra
adverb. very
annai
adverb. far away
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ṇ̄dai > annai [ṇ̄dai] > [andai] > [annai] ✧ GL/19
ilon
noun. sky
Derivations
- ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars”
Element in
- G. Cris a Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof” ✧ LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon
- G. Ilon “Ilúvatar, God” ✧ LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon
- G. Thlim Quing Ilon “*Folk of the Heavenly Arc” ✧ PE13/104
Variations
- Ilon ✧ LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PE13/104; PE13/104; PE15/27 (
Ilon)
luithon
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).