[vilwa < wilwa] noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL; in one place vilwa was not struck out, VT46:21) According to VT46:21, Tolkien considered vilda < wilda as a replacement form, but rejected it.
Quenya
wilwa
vague, fluttering to and fro
wilwa
adjective. fluttering to and fro
vilwa
air, lower air
wilda
wilda
[wilda], see wilwa
wilma
air, lower air
wilma noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL)
vilva
adjective. fluttering to and fro
Derivations
- ᴹ√WIL “fly, float in air”
Element in
- Q. vilvarin “butterfly” ✧ MC/223
- Q. wilwarin wilwa “vague as a butterfly” ✧ MC/222
Variations
- wilwa ✧ MC/222; MC/223
vilya
air, sky
vilya noun "air, sky", also name of tengwa #24. Older wilya. (Appendix E). Early "Qenya" has Vilya (changed from Vilna) "lower air" (LT1:273); also vilya "air" (MC:215)
lindë
air, tune, singing, song
lindë noun "air, tune, singing, song" (SA:gond, (LIN2, [GLIN]); lindelorendor "music-dream-land"; see laurelindórenan lindelorendor... _(LotR2:III ch. 4, cf. Letters:308). _Also compare lindi- in lindimaitar, q.v. (but the other compounds here cited do not give a lindë a stem-form lindi-).
valcanë
vague
valcanë ("k") adj. "vague" (MC:213; this is "Qenya")
wilwa adj. "vague, fluttering to and fro" (_Markirya). _A similar word in the Etymologies was struck out: [wilwa > vilwa] "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL) According to VT46:21, Tolkien considered wilda > vilda as a replacement form, but rejected it.