Eldamo : Early Quenya : ilsa

ᴱQ. ilsa n. “(mystic name of) silver” (Category: Silver)

⚠️ᴱQ. ilsa, n. “(mystic name of) silver” (Category: Silver): Q. telpë “silver; [ᴱQ.] money”

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s that was the “mystic name of silver” (QL/42) as opposed to ordinary ᴱQ. telpe “silver” (QL/91) in much the same way ᴱQ. laure was the “magical name” of gold as opposed to ordinary ᴱQ. kulu (LT/100).

Conceptual Development: In later writings, Tolkien retained the distinction between Q. laurë for golden light or color vs. Q. malta for gold as a metal, but he made no such distinctions for silver.

References ✧ LT1/100; LT1A/Ilsaluntë, Laurelin, Tilkal; QL/42

Glosses

“(the mystic name of) silver” ✧ LT1A/Ilsaluntë
“mystic name of silver” ✧ QL/42
“silver” ✧ LT1A/Laurelin; LT1A/Tilkal

ilsa “mystic name of silver” as is laure “(mystic name of) gold” ✧ QL/42
Ilsa is the “magic” name of telpë ✧ LT1/100

Element In

ᴱQ. Ilvaran “Hall of the Moon King”
ᴱQ. Ilsalunte “Silver Boat, Moon” ✧ LT1A/Ilsaluntë
ᴱQ. Tilkal ✧ LT1/100; LT1A/Tilkal

Cognates

G. giltha “white metal” ✧ LT1A/Ilsaluntë

Derivations

< ᴱ√GILI “*shine (pale)”