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

References ✧ Ety/IL; LR/47, 56, 72; LRI/Ilu; MRI/Ilu; PE23/105, 110-111; SD/310, 401; SDI2/Ilu; SM/241; SMI/Ilu

Glosses

• “the whole, the universe, all that exists” ✧ PE23/105 (ĭlŭ-)
• “universe” ✧ Ety/IL
• “world” ✧ LR/47; LR/72; LR/72; LRI/Ilu; MRI/Ilu; SM/241; SMI/Ilu; SD/310 (ilu)
• “world, universe” ✧ SDI2/Ilu

Variations

• ilu ✧ Ety/IL; LR/47; LR/56; LR/72; LR/72; LRI/Ilu; MRI/Ilu; SD/401; SDI2/Ilu; SM/241; SMI/Ilu; SD/310 (ilu)
• ĭlŭ- ✧ PE23/105
• eru ✧ SD/310

Changes

• ilūr “the whole” >> ilūa ✧ PE23/105
• ilu “world” >> eru ✧ SD/310
• eru >> arda “world” ✧ SD/310

Inflections

ilullo	ablative		✧ PE23/105
ilū	accusative		✧ PE23/105
ilunna	allative		✧ PE23/105
ilūn	dative		✧ PE23/105
Iluo	genitive		✧ PE23/110
ilusse	locative	“in the World”	✧ PE23/105; PE23/105
ilusse	locative	“in the whole Universe”	✧ PE23/111
ilūa	nominative		✧ PE23/105
ilūr	nominative	“the whole”	✧ PE23/105
ilúva	possessive	“universal”	✧ PE23/105

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. ilúva “universal” ✧ PE23/105
• 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. mettan Iluo “*to the end of the Universe” ✧ PE23/110
• ᴹQ. Númeheruvi arda sakkante lenéme Ilúvatáren “the Lords of the West broke the world by leave of Ilúvatar” ✧ LR/47; LR/56; SD/310
• ᴹQ. qaqe ilusse “every person/thing in the World” ✧ PE23/105

Derivations

• < ᴹ√IL “all” ✧ Ety/IL (ILU)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ILU > ilu

[ilu]

✧ Ety/IL

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

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 ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; LT1A/Ilwë; LT1A/Vilna; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PME/42; QL/42; PE15/68 (ilu)
• ilwe ✧ PE15/68

Related

• 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

• G. Ilon “Ilúvatar, God” ✧ LT1A/Ilwë; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon

Derivations

• < ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars” ✧ QL/42

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ILU > ILU

[ilū] > [ilu]

✧ QL/42