@@@ as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/linda-), a possible element of lindalë.
Quenya
lindalë
music
lindalë
noun. music
Element in
- Q. Ainulindalë “Music of the Ainur” ✧ S/015
- ᴺQ. lindalëa “melodious, *musical”
Elements
Word Gloss linda “beautiful (of sound), sweet, melodious; soft, gentle, light, beautiful (of sound), sweet, melodious; soft, gentle, light, [ᴱQ.] kind; [ᴹQ.] fair” -lë “abstract noun, adverb”
linda-
verb. to make music
Derivations
- √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”
lindelë
music
lindelë noun "music" (LIN2, LT1:258 lindalë in Ainulindalë). According to VT45:27, lindelë in the printed Etymologies (entry LIN2) is a misreading for lindalë in Tolkien's manuscript.
lindalë noun "music". Cf. Ainulindalë "Music of the Ainur". (The word is cited as lindelë in the printed Etymologies, entry LIN2, but according to VT45:27, this is a misreading for lindalë in Tolkien's manuscript.) The word lindalë may argue the existence of a verbal stem #linda- "sing, make music".