Q. Maia n. “(angelic) spirit, the Beautiful” (Category: Angel)

Q. Maia, n. “(angelic) spirit, the Beautiful” (Category: Angel)

References ✧ LRI/Maiar; LT1I/Maiar; LT2I; MR/49, 57, 340; MRI/Maiar; PE17/124, 163, 174-175; PE19/75, 94; PM/363-364; PMI/Maiar; SI/Maiar; UTI/Maiar; VT42/13; WJI/Maiar

Glosses

• “angelic spirits” ✧ PE17/163
• “spirit” ✧ VT42/13 (Máya)

Variations

• Maia ✧ LT2I/Maia; MR/340; MRI/Maiar; PE17/163; PE17/163; PE19/75; PE19/94; SI/Maiar; UTI/Maiar; WJI/Maiar
• maiya ✧ PE19/75
• Máya ✧ VT42/13

Related

• ᴹQ. Vanimo “The Beautiful; Fair Folk” in later writings became Maia “(angelic) spirit, the Beautiful”

Inflections

Maiaron	genitive plural		✧ PE17/175
Maiar	plural		✧ LRI/Maiar; LT1I/Maiar; PE17/163; PE17/174; PE17/175; PMI/Maiar; SI/Maiar; UTI/Maiar; WJI/Maiar
Maiar	plural	“The Beautiful”	✧ MR/49; MR/57; MRI/Maiar
Máyar	plural		✧ PM/363; PM/364
máyar	plural		✧ PE17/124

Element In

• ᴺQ. !úmaia “demon, devil”
• Q. Nasser ar Cenime Cantar Valaron ar Maiaron “The Natures and Visible Shapes of the Valar and Maiar” ✧ PE17/175
• Q. Úmaiar “Evil Spirits”
• Q. Valar ar Maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar ar larmar “Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment” ✧ PE17/174; PE17/175

Derivations

• < √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/163; PE17/163; PE17/163
  • < máya < MAY ✧ PE17/163
  • < máya < MAY ✧ PE17/163
• < ✶Māya ✧ PE19/75 (magyā); PE19/94 (magyā)
  • < maı̯ya < magyā ✧ PE19/94
  • < √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state” ✧ VT47/18 (maga)
  • < √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ VT47/18

Phonetic Developments

√MAY > máya > maia	[māja] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE17/163
√MAY > máya > maia	[māja] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE17/163
√MAY > Maiar	[mājar] > [maijar] > [maiar]	✧ PE17/163
✶magyā > maiya	[magjā] > [maɣjā] > [maijā] > [maija]	✧ PE19/75
✶magyā > maı̯ya > maia	[magjā] > [maɣjā] > [maijā] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE19/94

ᴹQ. mai(y)a n. “[unglossed]”

References ✧ PE19/46, 62

Variations

• mai(y)a ✧ PE19/46
• maia ✧ PE19/62
• maiya ✧ PE19/62

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶magyā ✧ PE19/46; PE19/62 (māya)
  • < mā̆iya < māya ✧ PE19/62
  • < ᴹ√MAG “use, handle”

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶magyā > mai(y)a	[magjā] > [maɣjā] > [maijā] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE19/46
ᴹ✶māya > mā̆iya > maia	[māja] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE19/62