Q. Falmari coll. “Sea-elves, (lit.) Wave-folk”
A name for the Teleri as Elves of the sea (S/53). It is an elaboration on falma “wave” (SA/falas) and its literal meaning is “Wave-folk” (PM/386).
Conceptual Development: Earlier Quenya words connecting the third tribe of Elves to the sea include ᴱQ. Solosimpe “Shore Piper” (LT1/50; QL/35, 85), ᴹQ. Solonyeldi “*Surf Singers” (Ety/NYEL, SOL) and ᴹQ. Falanyel “*Beach Singer” (Ety/PHAL).
References ✧ MRI/Falmari, Soloneldi; PM/386; PMI; S/53; SA/falas; SI
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| falma | “(crested or foaming) wave, breaker” | ✧ SA/falas |
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ᴹQ. Solonyeldi coll. “*Surf Singers”
Proper Quenya form of the name of the Sea Elves in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s: ᴹT. Soloneldi, though only the Telerin form appeared in the tales (LR/214). The Quenya form appeared only in The Etymologies, where it was given as compound of solor “surf” and nyello “singer” (Ety/NYEL, SOL).
See Q. Falmari for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/NYEL, SOL; LRI/Soloneldi
Elements
| solor | “surf” | ✧ Ety/SOL | |
| nyello | “singer” | ||
| ᴹ√SOL | “*surf” | ✧ Ety/NYEL | |
| ᴹ√NYEL | “ring, sing, give out a sweet sound” | ✧ Ety/NYEL; Ety/SOL | |
Cognates
ᴱQ. Solosimpe pn. “Shore Piper”
Name for the third tribe of Elves (later called the Teleri) in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/16). In the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s it is glossed “Shore Piper” and given as a combination of solor “surf, surge” and some derivative of the root ᴱ√SIPI “whistle, pipe” (QL/35, 85).
See Q. Falmari for further discussion.
References ✧ GL/32, 67, 73; LBI/Solosimpi; LT1/22, 50, 61; LT1A/Solosimpi; LT1I/Solosimpi; LT2I/Solosimpi; PE14/9; PE15/7; PME/84-85; QL/35, 84-85; SM/13, 85-86; SMI/Soloneldi, Solosimpi
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| Solosimpi | plural | ✧ GL/32; GL/73; LBI/Solosimpi; LT1/22; LT1/61; LT1I/Solosimpi; LT2I/Solosimpi; PE15/7; SMI/Soloneldi | |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Pipers of the Marge” | ✧ GL/67 |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Shoreland Pipers” | ✧ LT1/50; LT1A/Solosimpi; SMI/Solosimpi |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Shoreland pipers” | ✧ PE14/9 |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Shoreland-pipers” | ✧ QL/85 |
| Solosimpi | plural | “Shoreland Pipers, Foam-riders” | ✧ SM/13 |
| Solosimpi | plural | “pipers of the shores” | ✧ SM/85 |
| Solosimpi | plural | ✧ SM/86 |
Elements
| solor | “surf, surge; wavebreak, coast” | ✧ LT1A/Solosimpi; QL/85 |
| ᴱ√SIPI | “whistle, pipe” | ✧ LT1A/Solosimpi |
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