hwesta
breeze, breath, puff of air
hwesta
noun. breeze, breeze; [ᴹQ.] breath, puff of air
A noun in Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings glossed “breeze”, the name of tengwa #12 [c] (LotR/1123).
Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. hwesta “breath, breeze, puff of air” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing” (Ety/SWES).
Cognates
- ᴺS. hwest “puff, breath, breeze”
Derivations
- ᴹ√SWES “noise of blowing or breathing”
Element in
- ᴺQ. hwestalauca “vapour”
- Q. hwesta sindarinwa “Grey-elven hw” ✧ LotR/1123
hwa
breeze
n. #breeze. >> hwá
hwá
breeze
n. #breeze. >> hwa
hwâ
noun. breeze[?]
hwaewar
noun. breeze[?]
A noun in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 appearing as whaewar “breeze”, though the gloss is unclear (PE17/34). A more typical Sindarin spelling would be hwaewar. Some similar forms appeared nearby, including gwāw and hwâ, possibly of the same meaning. Two such forms, wá and wáwa, were marked Sindarin but probably were actually primitive or archaic forms.
Neo-Sindarin: Of these forms, I prefer hwaewar “breeze” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √WĀ > whaewar [swaiwar] > [w̥aiwar] > [w̥aewar] ✧ PE17/034 √WĀ > gwāw [wā] > [wǭ] > [gwǭ] > [gwau] ✧ PE17/034 √SWAW > hwâ [swa] > [w̥a] > [w̥ā] ✧ PE17/034 Variations
- wá ✧ PE17/034
- wáwa ✧ PE17/034
- whaewar ✧ PE17/034
- gwāw ✧ PE17/034
- hwâ ✧ PE17/034
- hwa ✧ PE17/034
gwâw
noun. breeze[?]
wá(wa)
noun. breeze[?]
hwest
breeze
hwest (i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breath), pl. hwist (i chwist)
hwest
breeze
(i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breath), pl. hwist (i chwist)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
gwilith
noun. breeze
blith
noun. breeze, breeze, [G.] zephyr; air
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. blith “air, breeze, zephyr”, probably related to the early root ᴱ√VILI (GL/23). ᴱN. blith “breeze” also appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/139).
Derivations
- ᴱ√VILI “*air”
hwesta (1) noun "breeze, breath, puff of air" (SWES), also name of tengwa #12 (Appendix E, VT46:17); hwesta sindarinwa "Grey-elven hw", name of tengwa #34 (Appendix E).