hwa

breeze

n. #breeze. >> hwá

hwá

breeze

n. #breeze. >> hwa

hwâ

noun. breeze[?]

whaewar

noun. breeze[?]

A noun in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 appearing as whaewar “breeze”, though the gloss is unclear (PE17/34). 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.

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)

hwá

noun. violent wind

hwarwa

noun. violent wind

A word for “violent wind” in notes from the late 1950s with variants hwá and hwarwa, based on a strengthened form of the root √WĀ “blow”: ✶swa-swa (NM/237). I think the longer form hwarwa is preferable.

hwesta

breeze, breath, puff of 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).

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).