lairelossë

noun. summer-snow-white, species of tree in Númenor

Name of a species of tree in Númenor (UT/167), a combination of lairë “summer” and lossë “snow-white”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
lairë	“summer”
lossë	“snow, fallen snow; snow-white, snowy”

laire

noun. summer

lairë

summer

lairë (1) noun "summer" (Letters:283, VT45:26), in the calendar of Imladris a precisely defined period of 72 days, but also used without any exact definition (Appendix D). Oiolairë "Eversummer", name of a tree (UT:167), see also Coron Oiolairë. Lairelossë noun *"Summer-snow", name of a tree (UT:167), perhaps with white flowers.

lairë

noun. summer

Cognates

• S. laer “summer” ✧ LotR/1107

Derivations

• ✶lairē “*summer”
  • √LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish” ✧ PE18/097
• √LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish” ✧ Let/282; PE17/159

Element in

• Q. Corollairë “Green Mound, *(lit.) Mound of Summer”
• Q. Coron Oiolairë “Mound Ever-summer”
• Q. lairelossë “summer-snow-white, species of tree in Númenor”
• Q. Mettelairë “August, *(lit.) End-summer” ✧ PM/136
• Q. oiolairë “ever-summer (a species of tree)”
• Q. Úlairi “Ring-wraiths, (lit.) ?Un-living, Un-summer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LAY > laire	[laire]	✧ Let/282
√LAY > laire	[laire]	✧ PE17/159

Variations

• laire ✧ Let/282; PE17/159; PE22/167

Ellairë

summer

Ellairë alternative name of June (PM:135); evidently incorporating lairë "summer"; the el- part is probably an assimilated form of er-, an element meaning one or first, June being the first summer month.