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Early Quenya

malko

noun. lord, sir

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MḶKḶ > malko[mḹku] > [mḹko] > [malko]✧ QL/062
Early Quenya [PME/062; QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malko

proper name. Malko

A word used as “the vocative used to address a Valu [male Vala]” in a deleted note in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/40). Its intended etymology is unclear.

Early Quenya [QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

heru

noun. lord

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HERE “rule, have power” ✧ LT1A/Valahíru; QL/040

Element in

  • Eq. heruni “lady” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. heruvesto “husband, (lit.) lord husband” ✧ QL/040

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HERE > heru[xerū] > [xeru] > [heru]✧ QL/040

Variations

  • hēru ✧ GL/49
Early Quenya [GL/49; LT1A/Valahíru; PME/040; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by