Early Quenya
(a)malda
adjective. tender, soft, kind, gentle
Derivations
Element in
- Eq. ómalingwe lir’ amaldar “*sang a gentle tune with many voices” ✧ VT40/08
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MLŘL > malda [mḹðā] > [mḹða] > [malða] > [malda] ✧ QL/062 Variations
- amalda ✧ QL/030; QL/058; QL/062
- malda ✧ QL/062
malda
adjective. tender
malasta
adjective. tender
Derivations
- ᴱ√MALA “crush, squeeze, pulp” ✧ QL/058
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MALA¹ > malasta [malastā] > [malasta] ✧ QL/058