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.
Quenya
oiolairë
noun. ever-summer (a species of tree)
Element in
- Q. Coron Oiolairë “Mound Ever-summer” ✧ SA/coron
Elements
Word Gloss oi(o) “ever, everlastingly; an endless period, ever, everlastingly; an endless period, *aeon” lairë “summer” Variations
- Oiolairë ✧ SA/coron
laire
noun. summer
lairë
summer
lairë
noun. summer
Cognates
- S. laer “summer” ✧ LotR/1107
Derivations
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.
oio
endless period
oio noun "an endless period" (CO) or adv. "ever" (SA:los). Oiolairë "Ever-summer" (name of a tree, UT:167; also in the name Coron Oiolairë, "Mound of Ever-summer". Oiolossë "Everwhite, Ever-snowwhite", a name of Taniquetil (OY), hence the translation "Mount Everwhite" in Tolkien's rendering of Namárië. See also SA:los. Explicit "mount" in Oron Oiolossë "Mount Everwhite" (WJ:403). Ablativic genitive Oiolossëo "from Mount Everwhite" in Namárië (Nam, RGEO:67, OY)
A species of tree in Númenor translated “ever-summer” (UT/179), a combination of oi(o) “ever” and lairë “summer”.