Early Quenya
víle
noun. gentle breeze
Cognates
- G. blith “air, breeze, zephyr”
Derivations
- ᴱ√VILI “*air” ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/101
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VILI > vīle [βīlē] > [βīle] > [vīle] ✧ QL/101 Variations
- vílë ✧ LT1A/Vilna
- vīle ✧ QL/101
maika
adjective. cruel
Cognates
- G. faig “cruel” ✧ GL/33
Derivations
- ᴱ✶smaika- ✧ GL/33
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶smaika- > maika [smaikā] > [smaika] > [maika] ✧ GL/33
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.