ai

From Tolkien Gateway

ai is Quenya for alas.[1]

Example[edit | edit source]

  • Ai! Laurië lantar lassi... = "Ah! like gold fall the leaves"
  • Ai lintulindova Lasselanta = "Oh! Fall with its many swallows"[2]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)", line 1
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Narqelion" (followed by "Narqelion and the Early Lexicons: Some Notes on the First Elvish Poem" by Christopher Gilson), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 40, April 1999