Middle Primitive Elvish
mag
root. use, handle
magyā
noun. magyā
magnā
adjective. skilled
magrā
adjective. useful, fit, good (of things)
magā
noun. hand
smāgā
noun. soil, stain
smag
root. soil, stain
smagla
noun/adjective. stain; stained
luk
root. magic, enchantment
makla
noun. sword
mapā
noun. hand
maʒ
root. hand
maʒiti
adjective. handy, skilled
morókō
noun. bear
māʒ
noun. hand
nyol
root. ring
wahsē
noun. stain
ñgolda
adjective. wise
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “soil, stain” with derivatives {mael >>} N. hmael “stain; stained” and {maw >>} N. hmaw “soil, stain” (Ety/SMAG; EtyAC/SMAG). Tolkien first gave this root as ᴹ√MAG⁽²⁾ (EtyAC/MAG²).