vilya (word)
vilya or wilya is a Quenya word meaning "air, sky".[1]
Example[edit | edit source]
- yan i wilyar antar miquelis = "to whom the air gives kisses"
Tengwa[edit | edit source]
Vilya is also the name for the twenty-fourth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the fourth letter of the sixth grade or Tyellë, which contains "semi-vocalic" consonants and it is the sixth letter in the fourth series of consonants.[2] In early written Quenya this letter represented W when the letter was called Wilya. Over time this letter ceased to have a clear function. However, in the Mode of Beleriand (as seen in the West-gate of Moria inscription) Vilya is used for a following W in the diphthong iw.[3] The Westron name for this letter is 'Á.[4]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
In earlier Qenya, the word was wilma ("inner or lower air") and comes from the root WIL.[5]
In the earlier Ambarkanta, there are different terms for the air of the atmosphere (Vista) and the sky (Ilmen).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", WIL-