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'''Aiya''' is [[Quenya]] for ''hail''. According to a late note, it is related to ''[[Ainur|Ainu]]'', and used only for "great or holy persons as the Valar, or to Earendil".
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''aiya'' (''aiya!'') or ''aia'' means "hail" in [[Quenya]]. In the [[legendarium]], it was only addressed to "great or holy persons", such as the [[Valar]], or to [[Eärendil]].<ref name=Eldarin>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 149</ref><ref name=TT>{{TT|Lair}}</ref><ref name=L297>{{L|297}}</ref> In [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s Quenya translation of ''[[Wikipedia:Hail Mary|Ave Maria]]'' (''Aia María''), the Latin word ''ave'' was first given the translated form ''aiya'', later changed to the form ''aia''.<ref>{{VT|43a}}, p. 28</ref>
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===Examples===
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==Etymology==
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* "''Aiya [[Eärendil]] [[Elen]]ion [[Ancalima]]!''", "Hail, Eärendil, brightest of stars"
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*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[AYA]]<ref name=Eldarin/>
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==References==
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==Examples==
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* ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 297]] (dated August, [[1967]])
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* "''Aiya [[Eärendil]] [[Elen]]ion [[Ancalima]]!''", "Hail, Eärendil, brightest of stars"<ref name=TT/><ref name=L297/>
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* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Words, phrases and passages in The Lord of the Rings]]", published in [[Parma Eldalamberon]] 17, see especially page 149.
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==Cognates==
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*[[Quenya]] ''[[aina]]''
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*[[Quenya]] ''[[ainur]]''
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*[[Quenya]] ''[[aire]]''
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aiya (aiya!) or aia means "hail" in Quenya. In the legendarium, it was only addressed to "great or holy persons", such as the Valar, or to Eärendil.[1][2][3] In J.R.R. Tolkien's Quenya translation of Ave Maria (Aia María), the Latin word ave was first given the translated form aiya, later changed to the form aia.[4]

Etymology

Examples

Cognates

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 149
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Shelob's Lair"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967)
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne, Arden R. Smith, and Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 43, January 2002, p. 28
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