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Early Quenya

víle

noun. gentle breeze

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “breeze – gentle”, derived from the early root ᴱ√VILI (QL/101).

Neo-Quenya: Since similar words like Q. vilya “air, sky” appear in Tolkien’s later writings (LotR/1123), I think ᴺQ. vílë “gentle breeze” can be salvaged for purposes of Neo-Eldarin as a derivative of the later root ᴹ√WIL.

Cognates

  • G. blith “air, breeze, zephyr”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VILI “*air” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/101

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VILI > vīle[βīlē] > [βīle] > [vīle]✧ QL/101

Variations

  • vílë ✧ LT1A/Vilna
  • vīle ✧ QL/101
Early Quenya [LT1A/Vilna; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by