Quenya 

-më

suffix. abstract noun

Derivations

  • ✶-(u)mē “denoting a (single) action”

Element in

  • Q. carmë “art; making, production; structure”
  • Q. indómë “settled character; will of Eru”
  • Q. Nénimë “February, *Wet-ness”
  • Q. normë “race, running, race (running)” ✧ PE17/169
  • ᴺQ. nyarmë “storytelling (general/abstract)”
  • Q. Súlimë “March, *Windy-one”
  • ᴺQ. tirmë “steadfast regard, stare, *gaze”

Variations

  • -me ✧ PE17/169 (-me)

-më

suffix. abstract noun

-më (2) abstract suffix, as in melmë "love" (cf. the verb mel-), #cilmë "choice" (possibly implying a verb *cil- "to choose"). According to PE17:68, primitive -mē (and -wē) were endings used to derive nouns denoting "a single action", which may fit the meaning of cilmë (but melmë "love" would normally be something lasting rather than "a single action").

melmë

love

melmë noun "love" (MEL)

-rë

suffix. abstract noun

Derivations

Element in

  • Q. fanyarë “the skies (not heaven or firmament), the upper airs and clouds” ✧ MC/223
  • Q. mittar(ë) “*entering”
  • ᴺQ. nónarë “generation”
  • Q. Ringarë “December, *Coldness”
  • Q. insangarë “*temptation”
  • Q. vinyarë “youth, youth, *young adulthood”

Variations

  • -re ✧ MC/223 (-re)

-ssë

suffix. abstract noun

Cognates

  • S. -as “abstract noun”

Derivations

Element in

  • Q. alanessë “nicotiana, pipeweed, nicotiana, pipeweed, *tobacco”
  • Q. aranus(së) “kingship”
  • Q. carpassë “mouth-system; full organized language, including system, vocabulary, metre, etc.”
  • Q. celussë “freshnet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring”
  • Q. entulessë “return”
  • ᴺQ. failassë “justice, fair-mindedness”
  • Q. findessë “head of hair, person’s hair as a whole”
  • Q. incánussë “mind mastership”
  • ᴺQ. letinwessë “constellation”
  • Q. Lótessë “May, *(lit.) Flower-ness”
  • Q. nassë “nature, true-being, *essence; person, individual” ✧ VT49/30
  • ᴺQ. omolmessë “corporation”
  • ᴺQ. restassë “countryside, the country”
  • Q. táris(së) “queenship”
  • Q. tengwassë “alphabet”

Variations

  • -sse ✧ VT49/30 (-sse)

ala

not

ala, #ála (1) imperative particle á, a combined with the negation lá, -la "not" to express a prohibition (VT43:22; see lá #1). Also with 1st person suffix -lyë (alalyë and álalyë, VT43:10, 22, VT44:8) and 1st person pl. object suffix -më (alamë and álamë, "do not [do something to] us", as in álamë tulya, "do not lead us", VT43:12, 22). In the essay Quendi and Eldar, negative imperatives are rather indicated by áva, q.v., but this form can well coexist with ala, #ála.

ala-

not

ala- (2) negative prefix "not", "un-", reduced to al- before a vowel (VT42:33, GALA, VT45:25), though the example Alcorin would suggest that al- can sometimes appear before a consonant as well. In a deleted entry in Etym, al(a)- was defined as "not" and said to be a "pure negative" (VT45:5). In alahasta, Alamanyar, alasaila, Alcorin.

meles

love

meles, melessë noun "love" (LT1:262; rather melmë in Tolkien's later Quenya)