Gnomish
mavri
noun. appetite
Derivations
- ᴱ√MAɃA “something nice” ✧ GL/57
Element in
- G. mavrin “delectable, delightful, desireable” ✧ GL/57; LT2A/Mavwin
Elements
Word Gloss mav- “to like” -ri “abstract noun”
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mavri
noun. appetite
Derivations
- ᴱ√MAɃA “something nice” ✧ GL/57
Element in
- G. mavrin “delectable, delightful, desireable” ✧ GL/57; LT2A/Mavwin
Elements
Word Gloss mav- “to like” -ri “abstract noun”
A noun appearing as G. mavri “appetite” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an abstract noun formation based on the early root ᴱ√MAɃA “something nice” (GL/57).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I adapt this word as ᴺS. mavor “appetite”, perhaps an ancient agental formation (“that which likes”) from the Neo-Root ᴺ√MAB.