Early Quenya
laisi
noun. youth, vigour, new life
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/052
Element in
- Eq. laisifalle “[unglossed]” ✧ QL/052
- Eq. Tári-Laisi “Mistress of Life” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
- Eq. Vána-Laisi ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAYA > laisi [lajtī] > [lajti] > [laiti] > [laitsi] > [laisi] ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi ᴱ√LAẎA > laito [laðʲtō] > [laðʲto] > [lajto] > [laito] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- laito ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/052
- Laisi ✧ QL/052
- -laite ✧ QL/052 (
-laite)
tári-laisi
feminine name. Mistress of Life
Variations
- Laisi ✧ GL/18
laito
noun. youth, vigour, new life
Another name for Vána as the “Mistress of Life” in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/67), a combination of tári “queen” and laisi “(new) life”.
Conceptual Development: In a very early name list of the Valar, the name was first given as Koiretári (PE14/14) using koire for “life” instead.