mard(a)-

verb. to grind, pulverize

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. mard- “grind, pulverize” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MṚÐṚ (QL/63), where syllabic ṛ became ar as usual before a dental consonant (PE12/11). In a nearby comparison list of roots it was given as marda- “grind” (QL/63/11).

Derivations

• ᴱ√MṚÐṚ “grind” ✧ QL/063; QL/063

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√MṚŘṚ > mard-	[mṛð-] > [marð-] > [mard-]	✧ QL/063

Variations

• mard- ✧ QL/063
• marda- ✧ QL/063

mar

noun. grit, coarse grain or powder

Derivations

• ᴱ√MṚÐṚ “grind” ✧ QL/063

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√MṚŘṚ > mar	[mṛð] > [marð] > [mard] > [mar]	✧ QL/063

Variations

• mar ✧ QL/063

mul(u)-

verb. to grind

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. mul- “grind” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MULU “grind (fine)” (QL/63). In a nearby comparative list of roots it was given as mulu- “grind”.

Neo-Quenya: The 1968 word Q. mulë “meal” (PE17/115) indicates ✱√MUL survived in Tolkien’s later writing, so I would retain ᴺQ. mul- “to grind” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Derivations

• ᴱ√MULU “grind (fine)” ✧ QL/063; QL/063

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√MULU > mul-	[mul-]	✧ QL/063

Variations

• mul- ✧ QL/063
• mulu- ✧ QL/063

indo

noun. house

A word for “house” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell” (QL/43). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43).

Cognates

• G. ind “house, abode” ✧ LT2A/Idril

Derivations

• ᴱ√IÐI “dwell‽” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043

Element in

• Eq. indor “master of house” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
• Eq. iluin(do) “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/042
• Eq. indolis “domicile” ✧ QL/043
• Eq. indositsina “domestic(ated)” ✧ QL/043
• Eq. indoite “indoors, at home, homely, domestic” ✧ QL/043

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√IŘI > indo	[inðō] > [inðo] > [indo]	✧ QL/043