A variant plural form of Vala appearing in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/99).
Early Quenya
vala
noun. God
valma
adjective. powerful
valatúru
masculine name. Lord of the Valar
valahíru
masculine name. Lord of the Valar
vanar
collective name. Valar
falmasan
proper name. Friday
nyara
noun. tale
onensan
proper name. Friday
palúrien
proper name. Friday
turwa
adjective. powerful
An adjective for “powerful” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TURU “am strong” (QL/96).
Neo-Quenya: Since √TUR remains connected to power in Tolkien’s later writings, I’d retain this word for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but I’d use it for general or abstract forms of potency, as opposed to being physically powerful (turca or [ᴹQ.] poldórea) or politically powerful (túrëa). For example: turwa nus “a powerful smell” or turwa vangwe “a powerful storm”.
Title of Manwë as Lord of the Valar in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/180), a combination of ᴱQ. Vala and some form of the root ᴱ√TURU “be strong”.
Conceptual Development: In a marginal note, there was a variant form Valahíru, with its second element derived from the root ᴱ√HERE “rule”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Valahíru).