aika

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aika means "fell, terrible, dire", in Quenya.^[1]

In order to conform to the orthography used in The Lord of the Rings, Helge Fauskanger has suggested the spelling aica.^[2]

Etymology

aika descended from the Common Eldarin adjectival form gayakā, derived from the root GAYA ("awe, dread").^[1]

Example

Aikanáro = "fell fire"^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", pp. 347, 363 (note 45)
↑ Helge Fauskanger (25 December 2008). "Quettaparma Quenyallo". Arda. Retrieved 12 March 2014

[PM-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", pp. 347, 363 (note 45)

[2] Helge Fauskanger (25 December 2008). "Quettaparma Quenyallo". Arda. Retrieved 12 March 2014

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