Q. oia(la) adj. “everlasting, unceasing, without end, for ever” (Category: Eternal)
The word oia is usually translated “everlasting” (PE17/59, 74; Ety/OY). In one place it was translated “unceasing, without end, for ever” and given a variant form oiala (PE17/69). It is derived from √OY “ever” (PE17/69; Ety/OY). In The Etymologies of the 1930s oia was given as both an adjective and adverb (EtyAC/OY), but in Tolkien’s later writings oialë was the adverbial form.
References ✧ PE17/59, 69, 74
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| √OY > oia | [oja] > [oia] | ✧ PE17/69 |