Eldamo : Sindarin : whaewar

S. whaewar n. “breeze[?]” (Category: Breeze)

S. whaewar, n. “breeze[?]” (Category: Breeze)

A noun in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 appearing as whaewar “breeze”, though the gloss is unclear (PE17/34). Some similar forms appeared nearby, including gwāw and hwâ, possibly of the same meaning. Two such forms, wá and wáwa, were marked Sindarin but probably were actually primitive or archaic forms.

References ✧ PE17/34

Glosses

“breeze[?]” ✧ PE17/34

Variations

whaewar ✧ PE17/34
wá ✧ PE17/34
wáwa ✧ PE17/34
gwāw ✧ PE17/34
hwâ ✧ PE17/34
hwa ✧ PE17/34

Derivations

< √SWĀ “echoic representation of sound of wind” ✧ PE17/34 (SWAW)
< √WĀ “blow; noise of wind, echoic representation of sound of wind” ✧ PE17/34; PE17/34; PE17/34

Phonetic Developments

√WĀ > whaewar	[swaiwar] > [w̥aiwar] > [w̥aewar]	✧ PE17/34
√WĀ > gwāw	[wā] > [wǭ] > [gwǭ] > [gwau]	✧ PE17/34
√SWAW > hwâ	[swa] > [w̥a] > [w̥ā]	✧ PE17/34