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Early Quenya

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.

Cognates

  • G. ilwint “sky, heavens; (lit.) face of god” ✧ GL/50; LT1A/Ilwë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars” ✧ QL/042

Element in

  • Eq. ilweran(ta) “bridge of heaven, rainbow” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; QL/042

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ILU > ilwe[iluē] > [ilue] > [ilwe]✧ QL/042

Variations

  • Ilwë ✧ LBI/Ilwë; LT1/085; LT1I/Ilwë; LT2I/Ilwë; SMI/Ilwë
  • ilwë ✧ LT1/127; LT1A/Ilwë; LT1A/Vilna
Early Quenya [GL/50; LBI/Ilwë; LT1/085; LT1/127; LT1A/Ilwë; LT1A/Vilna; LT1I/Ilwë; LT2I/Ilwë; PME/042; QL/042; SMI/Ilwë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ilu

noun. ether

Cognates

  • G. Ilon “Ilúvatar, God” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars” ✧ QL/042

Element in

  • Eq. iluqinga “rainbow” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; QL/042
  • Eq. iluin(do) “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. ilumar “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. Ilúvatar “Heavenly Father, Sky-father; Lord for Always” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; QL/042

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ILU > ILU[ilū] > [ilu]✧ QL/042

Variations

  • Ilu ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PME/042
  • ilwe ✧ PE15/68 (ilwe)
  • ILU ✧ QL/042
Early Quenya [LT1A/Ilwë; LT1A/Vilna; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PE15/68; PME/042; QL/042] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Cognates

  • G. dai “sky” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
  • G. daimoth “heaven” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; QL/087

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TAHA > Taime[taximē] > [taxime] > [taɣime] > [taime]✧ QL/087

Variations

  • Taimë ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
  • Taimië ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
  • tea ✧ PE16/142
  • Taime ✧ QL/088
  • Taimie ✧ QL/088
Early Quenya [LT1A/Telimektar; PE16/142; QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taimie

noun. sky

tea

noun. sky