Q. Anarya n. “Sunday, (lit.) Sun-day” (Category: Sunday)
The Quenya word for “Sunday”, an adjectival form of Anar “Sun” and second day of the Elvish six-day week enquië (LotR/1110; PM/133).
Conceptual Development: Notes from the 1910s had a variety of earlier words for “Sunday” taken from seven-day and 14-day reckonings: ᴱQ. Poldórien, ᴱQ. Manwisan, ᴱQ. Kémisan, and {ᴱQ. Taimósi >>} ᴱQ. Súlisan; see those entries for discussion.
Reference ✧ LotR/1110 ✧ “second day of the Eldarin six-day week”
Related
Elements
| Anar | “Sun” |
| -ya¹ | “adjective suffix” |
Cognates
ᴹQ. Anarya n. “Sunday, (lit.) Sun-day” (Category: Sunday)
References ✧ PM/130, 133
Glosses
Cognates
ᴱQ. Kémisan n. “Sunday” (Category: Sunday)
Name of the second Sunday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the name of the goddess Kémi and sana “day”.
Reference ✧ PE14/22 ✧ Kēmisan “Sunday”
Elements
| Kémi | “Earth-lady, Mother Earth” |
| sana | “day (24 hours)” |
ᴱQ. Manwisan n. “Sunday” (Category: Sunday)
Name of the first Sunday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the name of the god Manwe and sana “day”.
Reference ✧ PE14/22 ✧ “Sunday”
Elements
| Manwe | |
| sana | “day (24 hours)” |
ᴱQ. Poldórien n. “Sunday” (Category: Sunday)
Name of Sunday in the seven-day week of the Elves (otsola) in an early word list (PE14/21). The day was related to manhood and strength, and was probably derived from poldor “strength”.
Reference ✧ PE14/21 ✧ Poldōrien “Sunday”
Related
Elements
| poldor | “physical strength; might” |
ᴱQ. Súlisan n. “Sunday” (Category: Sunday)
Alternate of the first Sunday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of súlime “wind” and sana “day”, replacing rejected Taimósi (probably from taime “sky”).
Reference ✧ PE14/22 ✧ Sūlisan “Sunday”
Elements
| súlime | “wind” |
| sana | “day (24 hours)” |