surya-

verb. to blow (intr.)

A verb in notes from around 1957 glossed “blow, intr.”, derived from primitive ✶thusya- based on the root √THU(S) “blow, cause an air movement” (NM/239). It had a half-strong past tense surinyë.

Conceptual Development: Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s had a similar verb ᴱQ. sur- “blow” (PE16/134), also appearing in its masculine form surdon in the untranslated phrase ᴱQ. surussin surdon lausto in very early drafts of the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem from this period (PE16/57).

surya-

verb. to hiss

A neologism for “hiss” coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, based on the root ᴹ√SUS of the same meaning, serving as a replacement for 1920s ᴱQ. histe-. This conflicts with attested surya- “blow (intr.)” published in 2021, but I think the two verbs can coexist given their similarity in meaning, and the fact that surya- “blow” is derived from þurya-.