Gnomish
maloglin
noun. yellow song, daffodil
Elements
Word Gloss malon “yellow” LIÐI “sing” Variations
- maroglin ✧ GL/56
maroglin
noun. yellow song, daffodil
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A noun appearing as G. maloglin or maloglin “daffodil, [lit.] yellow song” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/56). Its initial element is clearly G. malon “yellow”, and its second element is probably derived from the early root ᴱ√LIŘI [LIÐI] “sing” (QL/54).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would update this word’s elements to [N.] malen “yellow” (< ✱malina) and lind “song”. If we assume it is the result of an ancient compound, the i in ✱malina would not undergo a-affection because the element was non-final. As a result, the surviving i would induce i-affection on the a in the first syllable, changing it to e so that end result would be ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”: ✱malina-linde > ✱melin(a)-lind(e) > melillin.