elvëa

starlike, like stars

elvëa adj. "starlike, like stars", pl. elvië in Markirya

elvëa

adjective. starlike

An adjective meaning “starlike” (MC/223), appearing in its plural form elvië in the version of the Q. Markirya poem from the 1960s, in the phrase Q. rámainen elvië “on wings like stars” (MC/222). It is apparently a combination of archaic Q. †él “star” with an adjectival variant of Q. ve “like”.