Quenya 

Ellairë

summer

Ellairë alternative name of June (PM:135); evidently incorporating lairë "summer"; the el- part is probably an assimilated form of er-, an element meaning one or first, June being the first summer month.

laire

noun. summer

Quenya [PE 22:125; PE 22:167] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

lairë

summer

lairë (1) noun "summer" (Letters:283, VT45:26), in the calendar of Imladris a precisely defined period of 72 days, but also used without any exact definition (Appendix D). Oiolairë "Eversummer", name of a tree (UT:167), see also Coron Oiolairë. Lairelossë noun *"Summer-snow", name of a tree (UT:167), perhaps with white flowers.

lairë

noun. summer

Cognates

  • S. laer “summer” ✧ LotR/1107

Derivations

  • ✶lairē “*summer”
    • √LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish” ✧ PE18/097
  • √LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish” ✧ Let/282; PE17/159

Element in

  • Q. Corollairë “Green Mound, *(lit.) Mound of Summer”
  • Q. Coron Oiolairë “Mound Ever-summer”
  • Q. lairelossë “summer-snow-white, species of tree in Númenor”
  • Q. Mettelairë “August, *(lit.) End-summer” ✧ PM/136
  • Q. oiolairë “ever-summer (a species of tree)”
  • Q. Úlairi “Ring-wraiths, (lit.) ?Un-living, Un-summer”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√LAY > laire[laire]✧ Let/282
√LAY > laire[laire]✧ PE17/159

Variations

  • laire ✧ Let/282; PE17/159; PE22/167
Quenya [Let/282; LotR/1107; LotR/1111; PE17/159; PE22/167; PM/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

laer

noun. summer

Cognates

  • Q. lairë “summer” ✧ LotR/1107

Derivations

  • √LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish”

Element in

  • S. Cadlaer “July, *After-summer” ✧ PM/136
  • S. Eblaer “June, ?Before-summer” ✧ PM/136

Variations

  • laer ✧ LotR/1107
  • Laer ✧ PM/136
Sindarin [LotR/1107; PM/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laer

summer

laer (no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”song”.

laer

summer

(no distinct pl. form). Note:  a homophone means ”song”.

Noldorin 

loer

noun. summer

Changes

  • Loer → Laer “summer” ✧ PM/136

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. laire “summer” ✧ PM/134

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAY “*be alive, flourish”

Element in

  • N. Cadloer “July, *After-summer”
  • N. Ebloer “June, ?Before-summer”

Variations

  • Loer ✧ PM/135

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Qenya 

laire

noun. summer

Cognates

  • N. loer “summer” ✧ PM/134

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAY “*be alive, flourish” ✧ EtyAC/LAYA

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAYA > laire[laire]✧ EtyAC/LAYA

Variations

  • laire ✧ EtyAC/LAYA
  • Lairë ✧ PM/134; PM/134
Qenya [EtyAC/LAYA; PE22/125; PM/134] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úrien

proper name. Summer

Another name for laire “summer” in drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices (PM/134). Its initial element seems to be Ûr “Sun”.

Variations

  • Úriën ✧ PM/134

Gnomish

aust

noun. summer

Cognates

  • Eq. austa “(high) summer”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AWA “burn; be parched, yellow, warm”

Element in

Gnomish [GL/20; GL/63; LT2A/Tarnin Austa; PE13/110] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ost

noun. summer

Changes

  • ost² → ost² ✧ GL/63
  • ost → aust ✧ PE13/110

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AWA “burn; be parched, yellow, warm”

Variations

  • ost ✧ PE13/110 (ost)
Gnomish [GL/63; PE13/110] Group: Eldamo. Published by

safwen

noun. summer

Early Noldorin

awest

noun. summer

Cognates

  • Eq. avesta “summer” ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160
  • Et. austa ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶awestá ✧ PE13/137; PE13/137; PE13/160

Element in

Variations

  • aust ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160
  • Awest ✧ PE13/153
Early Noldorin [PE13/137; PE13/153; PE13/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aust

noun. summer

Early Quenya

avesta

noun. summer

Cognates

  • En. awest “summer” ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶awestá ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶awestá > avesta[awéstā] > [awésta] > [auésta] > [awésta] > [avésta]✧ PE13/137
ᴱ✶awestá > avesta[awéstā] > [awésta] > [auésta] > [awésta] > [avésta]✧ PE13/160

Variations

  • avesta ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160
Early Quenya [PE13/137; PE13/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saiwali

noun. summer

Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by