Eldamo : Quenya : Oiolossë

Q. Oiolossë loc. “Ever (Snow) White”

Q. Oiolossë, loc. “Ever (Snow) White”

Another name for Taniquetil (LotR/377, S/37) variously translated as “Everlasting Whiteness”, “Ever-snow”, “Ever-white” or “Ever-snow-white”. This name is a compound of oi(o) “ever” and lossë¹ “snow, snow-white” (RGEO/61).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared as ᴹQ. Ialasse “Everlasting Whiteness” (SM/81). A similar form ᴹQ. Iolosse appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/EY, GEY) and possibly also in the Silmarillion texts (LR/210), but it was rejected and replaced by its final form ᴹQ. Oiolosse (Ety/OY, LR/209).

References ✧ Let/278; LotR/377; LotRI/Mount Everwhite, Oiolossë; LT1I; MRI; PE17/26, 69, 161; RGEO/58-59, 61-62, 66; S/37; SA/coron, los; SI/Amon Uilos, Oiolossë; UT/55; UTI/Amon Uilos, Oiolossë; WJ/403; WJI

Glosses

“ever-snow” ✧ PE17/69
“Ever-snow, Ever-white” ✧ PE17/161
“Ever-snow-white” ✧ RGEO/62; SI/Oiolossë; UT/55; UTI/Oiolossë
“Everlasting Whiteness” ✧ MRI/Oiolossë; S/37
“Everwhite” ✧ LotRI/Mount Everwhite; LotRI/Oiolossë; PE17/26
“Everwhite, Eversnow” ✧ WJ/403; WJI/Oiolossë
“Everwhite/snowy” ✧ PE17/26

Variations

Oiolosse ✧ Let/278; LotRI/Mount Everwhite; LotRI/Oiolossë; LT1I/Oiolossë; MRI/Oiolossë; PE17/26; PE17/26; PE17/69; PE17/69; PE17/161; RGEO/61; RGEO/62; RGEO/66; S/37; SA/coron; SA/los; SI/Amon Uilos; SI/Oiolossë; UT/55; UTI/Amon Uilos; UTI/Oiolossë; WJ/403; WJI/Oiolossë

Taniquetil “High White Peak” was also known as Oiolossë “Ever (Snow) White”

Inflections

Oio-lossëo	genitive	“Ever-white-from”	✧ RGEO/59
Oiolossëo	genitive	“from Mount Everwhite”	✧ LotR/377
Oiolossëo	genitive	“of Ever-snowy”	✧ PE17/69
oiolossëo	genitive	“from Mt. Uilos”	✧ Let/278
Óiolóssëò	genitive	“from Mount Everwhite”	✧ RGEO/58

Elements

oi(o)	“ever, everlastingly; an endless period”	✧ PE17/69 (oi-); RGEO/61 (oio); SA/los (oio)
lossë¹	“snow, fallen snow; snow-white, snowy”	✧ PE17/161; RGEO/61; SA/los

√OY	“ever, continual, unceasing”	✧ PE17/69 (OI̯O)
√(G)LOS	“snow, whiteness”	✧ PE17/69 (LOS)

Element In

Q. an sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë “for now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds” ✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58
Q. an sí Varda, Tintallë, Elentári ortanë máryat Oiolossëo ve fanyar “for now Varda, Star-kindler, Star-queen [has] lifted up her (two) hands from Mount Everwhite like (white) clouds” ✧ RGEO/59
Q. Oron Oiolossë “Mount Everwhite” ✧ WJ/403

Cognates

S. Amon Uilos “Hill of Ever-snow” ✧ Let/278; S/37; SI/Amon Uilos; SI/Oiolossë; UT/55; UTI/Amon Uilos; UTI/Oiolossë; WJ/403
S. Uilos “Ever-snow” ✧ PE17/26; PE17/26; RGEO/62; RGEO/66

ᴹQ. Oiolosse loc. “Everlasting Whiteness”

See Q. Oiolossë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/OY; LR/209-210; LRI/Ialassë, Oiolossë; SMI/Ialassë; TII/Oiolossë

Glosses

“Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/OY
“Everlasting Whiteness” ✧ LR/209; LRI/Oiolossë

Elements

oia	“everlasting”	✧ Ety/OY
†olos(se)	“snow, fallen snow”

Cognates

N. Amon Uilos ✧ LR/209
N. Uilos “Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/OY
ON. Uigolosse “Everlasting snow” ✧ Ety/OY

ᴹQ. Iolosse loc.

See Q. Oiolossë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/EY, GEY; LRI/Ialassë

Glosses

“ever-snow” ✧ Ety/EY (Iolosse)
“Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/GEY (Iolosse)

Elements

ia	“ever”	✧ Ety/EY (ia)
†olos(se)	“snow, fallen snow”

Cognates

N. Uilos “Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/EY (Uiloss)
N. Guilos “ever-snow” ✧ Ety/GEY (Guilos)

Derivations

< ᴹ✶Geigolosse “ever-snow” ✧ Ety/GEY (Geı̯golosse)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶Geı̯golosse > Iolosse

[geigolosse] > [ɣeiɣolosse] > [ɣīɣolosse] > [iolosse]

✧ Ety/GEY

ᴹQ. Ialasse loc. “Everlasting Whiteness”

See Q. Oiolossë for discussion.

References ✧ LR/210; LRI/Ialassë; SM/81; SMI/Ialassë

Glosses

“Everlasting Whiteness” ✧ SM/81; SMI/Ialassë

Changes

Ialassë >> Oiolossë ✧ LR/210; LRI/Ialassë
Ialassë “Everlasting Whiteness” >> Oiolossë ✧ SMI/Ialassë

Elements

ia	“ever”
†olos(se)	“snow, fallen snow”

Cognates

N. Amon Uilos ✧ SM/81 (Amon-Uilas)