ᴹQ. vai(y)a n. “envelope” (Category: to Wind, Wrap)
A noun for “envelope” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with forms vaia or vaiya, and derived from ᴹ✶wāyā under the root ᴹ√WAY of similar meaning (Ety/WAY). It was used “especially of the Outer Sea or Air enfolding the world within the Ilurambar or world-walls”. It was also the name of a tengwar consisting of a circle with line leading from its bottom out horizontally to the right (EtyAC/WAY), but this tengwar did not appear in The Lord of the Rings.
References ✧ Ety/WAY; EtyAC/WAY
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| ᴹ✶wāyā > waia > vaia | [wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia] | ✧ Ety/WAY |
| ᴹ✶wāyā > waiya > vaiya | [wājā] > [waija] > [waia] > [vaia] | ✧ Ety/WAY |