Eldamo : Sindarin : uial

S. uial n. “twilight, evendim” (Category: Dusk)

S. uial, n. “twilight, evendim” (Category: Dusk): ᴱN. umboth “twilight, [G.] nightfall”; G. umbath “nightfall”; G. mathusgi “twilight”

The usual Sindarin word for “twilight”, of which there are two varieties: minuial for dawn twilight and aduial for evening twilight (LotR/1111). As such it applies to the dim light immediately before sunrise or after sunset. It is derived from ✶yuy(u)ŋal = √YU “both” + √Ñ(G)AL “shine clear” (PE17/169), so is very close in sense to English “twi-light”. Uial was translated more poetically as “Evendim” in the names Emyn Uial (LotR/1082) and Nenuial (LotR/1111).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. uial “twilight” as a combination of N. ui- “twi-” and ᴹ√GAL¹ as a variant of ᴹ√KAL “shine” (Ety/KAL, YU). It had a deleted variant {uigâl} where the second element was ᴹ√KAL (EtyAC/KAL).

References ✧ LotR/1111; LotRI/Emyn Uial; PE17/153, 169; SA/uial

Glosses

“evendim” ✧ LotRI/Emyn Uial
“twilight” ✧ LotR/1111; PE17/153; PE17/169; SA/uial

Elements

#ui-	“twi-”	✧ LotR/1111 (#ui-)
√GAL¹	“light; shine, be bright”	✧ PE17/153

Element In

S. aduial “(evening) twilight” ✧ LotR/1111
S. Aelin-uial “Meres of Twilight” ✧ SA/uial
S. Gladuial “*Twilight Wood”
S. minuial “(dawn) twilight” ✧ LotR/1111
S. Nenuial “Lake Evendim, (lit.) Water of Twilight” ✧ SA/uial
S. Emyn Uial “Hills of Evendim” ✧ LotRI/Emyn Uial

Cognates

Q. yúyal “twilight” ✧ PE17/153 (úyale); PE17/169

Derivations

< ✶yuyuñal “twilight” ✧ PE17/169 (yuy(u)ŋal)

Phonetic Developments

✶yuy(u)ŋal > uial

[jujuŋal] > [jujuɣal] > [jujual] > [juial] > [uial]

✧ PE17/169

N. uial n. “twilight” (Category: Dusk)

See S. uial for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KAL, YŪ; EtyAC/KAL