mélamar

home

mélamar noun "home", Exilic Quenya word of emotional sense: place of ones birth or the familiar places from which one has been separated (PE17:109). Mélamarimma noun "Our Home", an expression used by Exilic Noldor for Aman.

mélamar

noun. (emotional) home

A term for one’s “emotional home” or “✱true home” from which one is currently separated, a combination of mel “love” and már “home” (PE17/109). For example, Valinor remained the mélamar for many of the Noldor despite their exile to Middle-earth. This word is adapted from S. milbar of the same meaning; see that entry for further discussion.

Cognates

• S. milbar “dear home, beloved dwelling [place]” ✧ PE17/109

Derivations

• S. milbar “dear home, beloved dwelling [place]” ✧ PE17/109
  • ✶mēlā̆-mbar “beloved dwelling” ✧ PE17/109; PE17/164

Elements

Word	Gloss
mel-	“to love”
már	“home, dwelling, habitation, home, dwelling, habitation; [ᴹQ.] house; earth”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
S. milbar > mélamar	[mēlambar] > [mēlamar]	✧ PE17/109

méla

loving, affectionate

méla adj. "loving, affectionate" (VT39:10), apparently compounded in mélamar, q.v. (in that word rather meaning "dear").

melima

adjective. loving, very affectionate

már

home, house, dwelling

már (mar-) (2) noun "home, house, dwelling" (also "house" in the sense of family as in Mardil, q.v.). See mar above for references. In Mar-nu-Falmar, Mardil, and as final element in Eldamar, Fanyamar, Valimar, Vinyamar..