hya conj. "or" or noun "other thing" (VT49:14)
Quenya
herca
conjunction. or
hela
or
hya
or
hya
conjunction. or
var
or
var (1) conj. "or" (QL:100). In Tolkiens later Quenya, the word hya appears for "or". A phrase involving a double var…var may mean "either…or" in one early (untranslated) text, according to Christopher Gilsons interpretation (PE15:32, 39)
ecar
conjunction. or
hela conj. "or", apparently an ephemeral form, replaced by hya (VT49:14-15). The editor theorizes that hela literally meant "other than" (VT49:15)