What things in this culture would their language have many specific words for (e.g., the Inuit languages that have 14+ words for different kinds of snow)? What do the people in this culture consider important enough to name?
There are a number of different words in the elven tongue for magia, which inevitably got absorbed into the Alweld. For example, each elemental has its own unique word in Ruhar, comprised of the elemental and the suffix -tia (meaning 'magic', so Vontia, the Ruhar word for ice, literally means "ice magic")
So the twelve elementals to an elf are:
Shetia-time
Firtia-darkness
Sumtia-water
Fistia-light
Koehtia-earth
Laftia-moon
Shatia-fire
Kethtia-wind
Caltia-holy
Thotia-spirit
Zaratia-lightning
Vontia-ice
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