A word for “air” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/142), probably based on the early root ᴱ√ILU “ether”. Later ᴹQ. Ilma was used for “Starlight” (Ety/GIL; LR/205).
Early Quenya
súye
noun. air, breezes, winds
ilma
noun. air
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A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “air, breezes, winds”, derived from the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” (QL/86).