ᴱN. gwai n. “sea” (Category: Sea)
A word for “sea” in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s (PE13/146), probably a cognate of ᴱQ. vea “sea” from this same period. It is probably a later iteration of G. Bai “the Outer Seas” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate of ᴱQ. Vai as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (GL/21; LT1A/Vai).
Reference ✧ PE13/146 ✧ “sea”
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G. Bai pn. “Outer Seas”
References ✧ GL/21, 49; LT1A/Vai
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| Vai | soft-mutation; b-mutation | ✧ GL/49 |
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| ᴱ√Baʒ̔- > Bai | [βaɣ] > [baɣ] > [bai] | ✧ GL/21 |