ᴱQ. Vilna loc. “(lower) air”

⚠️ᴱQ. Vilna, loc. “(lower) air”
Q. vilya “air, sky”

Innermost layer of air in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/65), given as a derivative of the root ᴱ√VILI in the Qenya Lexicon, along with a variant form Vilya (QL/101). This second form reappeared decades later in The Lord of the Rings as Q. vilya “air, sky” (LotR/1123).

References ✧ LT1/85; LT1A/Vilna; LT1I; MC/215; PE15/68; PE16/90, 92; QL/37, 101; SMI

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vilyar plural “airs” ✧ PE16/90; PE16/92

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ᴱ√VILI > Vilya [βilnā] > [βilna] > [vilna] ✧ QL/101