ᴹQ. Solonyeldi coll. “*Surf Singers”
Proper Quenya form of the name of the Sea Elves in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s: ᴹT. Soloneldi, though only the Telerin form appeared in the tales (LR/214). The Quenya form appeared only in The Etymologies, where it was given as compound of solor “surf” and nyello “singer” (Ety/NYEL, SOL).
See Q. Falmari for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/NYEL, SOL; LRI/Soloneldi
Elements
| solor | “surf” | ✧ Ety/SOL | |
| nyello | “singer” | ||
| ᴹ√SOL | “*surf” | ✧ Ety/NYEL | |
| ᴹ√NYEL | “ring, sing, give out a sweet sound” | ✧ Ety/NYEL; Ety/SOL | |
Cognates
ᴱQ. Solosimpe pn. “Shore Piper”
Name for the third tribe of Elves (later called the Teleri) in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/16). In the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s it is glossed “Shore Piper” and given as a combination of solor “surf, surge” and some derivative of the root ᴱ√SIPI “whistle, pipe” (QL/35, 85).
See Q. Falmari for further discussion.
References ✧ GL/32, 67, 73; LBI/Solosimpi; LT1/22, 50, 61; LT1A/Solosimpi; LT1I/Solosimpi; LT2I/Solosimpi; PE14/9; PE15/7; PME/84-85; QL/35, 84-85; SM/13, 85-86; SMI/Soloneldi, Solosimpi
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Inflections
| Solosimpi | plural | ✧ GL/32; GL/73; LBI/Solosimpi; LT1/22; LT1/61; LT1I/Solosimpi; LT2I/Solosimpi; PE15/7; SMI/Soloneldi | |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Pipers of the Marge” | ✧ GL/67 |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Shoreland Pipers” | ✧ LT1/50; LT1A/Solosimpi; SMI/Solosimpi |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Shoreland pipers” | ✧ PE14/9 |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Shoreland-pipers” | ✧ QL/85 |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Shoreland Pipers, Foam-riders” | ✧ SM/13 |
| Solosimpi | plural | “pipers of the shores” | ✧ SM/85 |
| Solosimpi | plural | ✧ SM/86 |
Elements
| solor | “surf, surge; wavebreak, coast” | ✧ LT1A/Solosimpi; QL/85 |
| ᴱ√SIPI | “whistle, pipe” | ✧ LT1A/Solosimpi |
Cognates