Eldamo : Middle Quenya : ilu

ᴹQ. ilu n. “universe, world” (Category: Universe)

See Q. ilu for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/IL; LR/47, 56, 72; LRI/Ilu; MRI/Ilu; SD/310, 401; SDI2/Ilu; SM/241; SMI/Ilu

Glosses

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Changes

Element In

ᴹQ. Ilumíre “Silmaril” ✧ Ety/IL
ᴹQ. Ilurambar “Walls of the World” ✧ Ety/IL; SM/241
ᴹQ. Ilúve Ilu “Heaven, the universe, all that is” ✧ SD/401 (Ilūve Ilu)
ᴹQ. Ilu Ilúvatar en káre eldain a fírimoin “the Father made the World for Elves and Mortals” ✧ LR/72
ᴹQ. Ilu vanya, fanya, eari, i-mar, ar ilqa ímen “the World is fair, the sky, the seas, the earth, and all that is in them” ✧ LR/72
ᴹQ. Númeheruvi arda sakkante lenéme Ilúvatáren “the Lords of the West broke the world by leave of Ilúvatar” ✧ LR/47; LR/56; SD/310

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ILU > ilu

[ilu]

ᴱQ. ilu n. “ether” (Category: Air, Ether)

See Q. ilu for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/Ilwë, Vilna; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PE15/68; PME/42; QL/42

Glosses

“ether” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; PME/42; QL/42
“ether (the blue air about the stars where the perennial winds fare)” ✧ PE15/68 (ilu)

Variations

ilu has in this context the sense of ilwë “the middle air among the stars” ✧ LT1A/Vilna
Vilmar is not ilu ✧ LT1A/Vilna

Element In

ᴱQ. Ilúvatar “Heavenly Father, Sky-father; Lord for Always” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; QL/42 (Ilūvatar)
ᴱQ. iluin(do) “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/42 (iluindo)
ᴱQ. ilumar “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/42
ᴱQ. iluqinga “rainbow” ✧ LT1A/Ilweran; QL/42

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ILU > ILU

[ilū] > [ilu]

✧ QL/42