AYA
AYA is a Primitive Quendian root signifying reverence and holiness. AYA-N is given the meaning "treat with awe/reverence", AYA- is given the meaning "revere", and AYA/AYA- is given the meaning "blessed".
Roots of opposite meaning are SKŪ, KHŪ ("curse"), OKO ("wicked, evil"), and UK, UKLA.
Derivatives
- Quenya: ainur; aire (airē); airëa ("holy", applied to persons); aina (ayanā); ainima ("blessed, holy", applied to things); ainas ("a hallow, a fane"); áyan, aian ("a holy thing or object or place"); aia, aiya!
Other versions of the legendarium
In the Quenya Lexicon appears the root AYA, signifying "honour, revere". In the Etymologies appears the roots AYAN- (yielding Common Eldarin ayan-, "holy") and YAN- (yielding Quenya yána, Noldorin iaun, "holy place, fane, sanctuary").
Referencias
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