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Qenya 

vala

noun. Power, God

Cognates

  • ᴹT. Bala “Power, God” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • On. Bala “Power, God” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • N. Balan “Power, God” ✧ Ety/BAL; Ety/BAL
  • Ad. Avalô “Power, God” ✧ SDI2/Avalôi

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶balā “powerful; Power, God” ✧ Ety/BAL; Ety/BAL
    • ᴹ√BAL “*power” ✧ Ety/BAL

Element in

  • ᴹQ. númessier “and he gave it into the hands of the Lords: they are in the West” ✧ LR/072
  • ᴹQ. Tar-Kalion ohtakáre Valannar “Tar-Kalion made war on the Powers” ✧ LR/047; LR/056; SD/246; SD/310
  • ᴹQ. Valakirka “Sickle of the Gods”
  • ᴹQ. valaina “of or belonging to the Valar, divine” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • ᴹQ. Valandur “*Servant of the Vala”
  • ᴹQ. Valarindi ✧ LR/110
  • ᴹQ. valasse “divinity” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • ᴹQ. Valatar “Vala-king” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • ᴹQ. Valatári “Vala-queen” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • ᴹQ. Valmar “City of the Gods”
  • ᴹQ. Valinor “Land of the Valar” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • ᴹQ. valya “having (divine) authority or power, having (divine) authority or power, *authorized, official”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶bálā > Vala[balā] > [βalā] > [βala] > [vala]✧ Ety/BAL
ᴹ✶bal-ī́ > Vali[balī] > [βalī] > [βali] > [vali]✧ Ety/BAL
Qenya [Ety/BAL; LR/047; LR/056; LR/072; LR/110; LR/161; LR/204; LRI/Valar; PE22/022; PE22/050; RSI/Valar; SD/246; SD/305; SD/310; SD/401; SDI2/Avalôi; SDI2/Valāi; SDI2/Valar; SM/078; SM/263; SMI/Valar; WRI/Valar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

valya

adjective. having (divine) authority or power, having (divine) authority or power, *authorized, official

@@@ extended meaning from NQ-Wiki

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BAL “*power” ✧ Ety/BAL

Elements

WordGloss
Vala“Power, God”
-a“adjectival suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√BAL > valya[balja] > [βalja] > [valja]✧ Ety/BAL