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Early Quenya

vilina

adjective. airy, breezy, light

The adjective ᴱQ. {vilna >>} vilina “airy, breezy, light” appeared the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√VILI (QL/101). The forms vílyava or vílina “airy” appeared in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, but this entry was deleted (PE15/68).

Neo-Quenya: Since similar words like Q. vilya “air, sky” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, I think ᴺQ. vilina “airy, breezy, light” may be used as-is in Neo-Quenya writing. The gloss “light” may mean light in weight like air, or perhaps light or clear weather; I think the light-weight meaning is more likely.

Changes

  • vilin → vilina ✧ QL/101

Derivations

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

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VILI > vilina[βilinā] > [βilina] > [vilina]✧ QL/101

Variations

  • vilin ✧ LT1A/Vilna; QL/101 (vilin)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Vilna; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vílyava

adjective. airy

Variations

  • vílina ✧ PE15/68 (vílina)
Early Quenya [PE15/68] Group: Eldamo. Published by