ilwe

noun. sky, heavens

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s described as “sky, heavens, the blue air that is about the stars, the middle layers”, derived from the root ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars” (QL/42). Hence it was above the lower airs (where people breathed) and below the upper airs (outer space); this arrangement of lower, middle, upper airs is one that Tolkien eventually abandoned in his later writings.

ilweran(ta)

noun. bridge of heaven, rainbow

ilwerantelimba

place name. [Gully of the] Rainbow Roof

ilu

noun. ether

iluqinga

noun. rainbow

ilverin

masculine name. Littleheart

Qenya name of the “Gong Warden” of Cottage of the Lost Play (LT1/52), a character that does not appear in Tolkien’s later writings.

Conceptual Development: The name first appeared as ᴱQ. Elwenil(do), a diminutive form of ᴱQ. elwen “heart” (LT1A/Ilverin, LT2/202), a word appearing in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/35, 52). Tolkien apparently revised its etymology, but the revised form of its initial element does not appear, though its Gnomish equivalent does: G. ilf (GL/50).

elwenil(do)

masculine name. Littleheart

Earlier (and ultimately rejected) name for ᴱQ. Ilverin, also appearing as Elbenil (LT2/202). Its initial element is elwen “heart”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ilverin).

taime

noun. sky

A word for “the sky” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with variants Taime and Taimie from the early root ᴱ√TAHA [DAHA] (QL/87). ᴱQ. tea “sky” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s is probably related, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/142).

taimie

noun. sky

tea

noun. sky

ukku

noun. rainbow