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'''Gwaew''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for 'wind'.
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'''''gwaew''''' is the [[Sindarin]] (and [[Noldorin]]) word for "wind".<ref name=Ety397>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 397</ref><ref name=PE>{{PE|17}}, pp. 34, 189</ref>


==Etymology==


== Examples ==
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], Noldorin ''gwaew'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[WĀ]].<ref name=Ety397/>


In a later linguistic manuscript, [[Sindarin]] ''gwaew'' derives from the root WAYA ("blow (as of wind)").<ref name=PE/>


[[Gwaihir]]: 'Wind lord', chief of the Great [[Eagles]].
==Examples==


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
*''[[Gwaihir#Etymology|Gwaihir]]''
==See also==
*''[[gwaeren]]'' ("windy")
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Latest revision as of 23:41, 19 April 2013

gwaew is the Sindarin (and Noldorin) word for "wind".[1][2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

In the Etymologies, Noldorin gwaew derives from the root .[1]

In a later linguistic manuscript, Sindarin gwaew derives from the root WAYA ("blow (as of wind)").[2]

Examples[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 397
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 34, 189