ᴹQ. Vaiya pn. “Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean”

ᴹQ. Vaiya, pn. “Outer Sea, Enfolding Ocean”

Name for the Outer Sea appearing in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/209, SM/236). It is vai(y)a “envelope” used as a proper name (Ety/WAY,GEY).

See Q. Ekkaia for further discussion.

References ✧ Ety/GEY; LR/209; LRI; LT1/86; LT1I; MR/157; MRI; PE22/126; SM/236, 241; SMI

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vai(y)a “envelope”

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ᴹ✶wā́yā > Vaiya [wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia] ✧ Ety/GEY

ᴱQ. Vai pn. “Outer Ocean”

See Q. Ekkaia for discussion.

References ✧ GL/21; LT1/61, 85-86; LT1A/Vai; LT1I; LT2I; PE16/78; QL/100; SMI

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vainolisse locative plural ✧ PE16/78

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ᴱ√VAẎA > Vai [βaðʲ] > [vaðʲ] > [vaj] > [vai] ✧ QL/100

ᴱQ. Vaitya pn. “Outermost Airs”

See Q. Ekkaia for discussion.

References ✧ GL/21; LT1/85-86; LT1A/Vai; LT1I; PE15/68; QL/100; SMI

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ᴱ√VAẎA > Vaitya [βaðʲtʲā] > [βaðʲtʲa] > [vaðʲtʲa] > [vajtʲa] > [vaitʲa] ✧ QL/100