vilissë noun "spirit" (GL:23)
Quenya
fëa
spirit
vilissë
spirit
þúlë
noun. spirit
ëala
being, spirit
ëala noun "being, spirit" (pl. ëalar is attested), spirits whose natural state it is to exist without a physical body, like Balrogs (MR:165). The word apparently originates from the participle of ëa, q.v.
hó
spirit, shadow
hó noun "spirit, shadow" (PE17:86)
súlë
spirit, breath
súlë (þ) noun "spirit, breath", also name of tengwa #9; originally thúlë (þúlë), before the shift th > s that occurred shortly before the rebellion of the Noldor (Appendix E, THŪ). Its gloss, "blowing forth", was metaphorically used as "the emission of power (of will or desire) from a spirit" (PE17:124). If the element súlë appears in Súlimë and Súlimo (q.v.), the stem-form may seem to be súli-.
ainu
noun. holy one, spirit, holy one, angelic spirit (m.); [ᴱQ.] (pagan) god
Cognates
- ᴺS. Aenu “(male) angel”
Derivations
- √AYA(N) “blessed; treat with awe/reverence, blessed; treat with awe/reverence; [ᴱ√] honour, revere” ✧ PE17/146; PE17/149
- Q. aina “holy, revered, numinous, holy, revered, numinous, *divine, [ᴱQ.] worshipful” ✧ PE17/149
- √AYA(N) “blessed; treat with awe/reverence, blessed; treat with awe/reverence; [ᴱ√] honour, revere” ✧ PE17/149; PE17/149; VT43/14
- Val. ayanūz “Ainu” ✧ WJ/399
Element in
- Q. Ainulindalë “Music of the Ainur” ✧ S/015
Elements
Word Gloss aina “holy, revered, numinous, holy, revered, numinous, *divine, [ᴱQ.] worshipful” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √AYA > ainu [ajnū] > [ainū] > [ainu] ✧ PE17/146 √AYA-N > ainur [ajnū] > [ainū] > [ainu] ✧ PE17/149 Q. aina > ainu [ajnū] > [ainū] > [ainu] ✧ PE17/149 Val. ayanūz > Ainu [ájanū] > [ajnū] > [ainū] > [ainu] ✧ WJ/399 Variations
- ainu ✧ PE17/146; PE17/149
maiya
noun. (angelic) spirit
Ainu
holy one, angelic spirit
Ainu noun "holy one, angelic spirit"; fem. Aini (AYAN, LT1:248); "one of the 'order' of the Valar and Maiar, made before Eä"; pl. Ainur is attested. Adopted and adapted from Valarin ayanūz(WJ:399). In the early "Qenya Lexicon", ainu was glossed "a pagan god", and aini was similarly "a pagan goddess", but as Christopher Tolkien notes, "Of course no one within the context of the mythology can call the Ainur 'pagan' " (LT1:248). Ainulindalë noun "Music of the Ainur" (SA:lin #2), the First History (WJ:406), the Song of Creation (AYAN)
ëala
noun. being, spirit (not incarnate)
Elements
Word Gloss ëa- “to be, exist, to be, exist, [ᴹQ.] have being, be found extant in the real world” -(i)la “active participle”
návë
being
návë "being", *"to be", infinitive (or gerund) of ná; see ná #1. (PE17:68)
návë
noun. being
Cognates
- ᴺS. nast “being (abstract); being (creature)”
Element in
- Q. colbanavië “gestation, *(lit.) womb-being”
Elements
Word Gloss ná- “to be, to be, [ᴱQ.] exist” -vë “abstract noun, adverb” Variations
- nāve ✧ PE17/068
foa
breath, puff of breath
foa (1) noun "breath, puff of breath" (VT47:35, 36)
fëa noun "spirit" (pl. fëar attested, MR:363). The Incarnates are said to live by necessary union of hroa (body) and fëa (WJ:405). In Airëfëa noun "the Holy Spirit", Fëanáro masc. name "Spirit of Fire" (Quenya-Sindarin hybrid form: Fëanor), Fëanturi noun "Masters of Spirits", name of the two Valar Mandos and Lórien (SA:tur), fëafelmë noun "spirit-impulse" (impulses originating with the spirit, e.g. love, pity, anger, hate) (VT41:19 cf. 13, VT43:37). In one source it is said to mean specifically a "spirit indwelling a body", i.e. "soul" (PE17:124), which contradicts such uses as Airefëa or Fëanturi. Cf. fairë.