métima
last
métima
adjective. last, ultimate, final
A word for “last, ultimate, final” from the 1960s version of the Markirya poem (MC/221-222), clearly based on the root √MET “end, finality”.
Conceptual Development: The version of the poem from around 1930 had ᴱQ. oilima “last” instead (MC/213-214). It had variants oilin and ᴱQ. oilimaite appearing drafts (PE16/62; MC/221), the latter with additional glosses “final, ultimate” (PE16/75).
métima hrestallo círa
leave the last shore
The second line of the Markirya poem (MC/221). The first word is métima “last”, followed by the ablative of hresta “beach” and the present tense of the verb cir- “to cut”. The sense of the ablative (“from”) is not reflected in the English translation of the phrase. Helge Fauskanger suggested that in this context, the verb cir- might mean “sail” (AL/Markirya, QQ/círa), which is consistent with the verb usage in the Early Qenya versions of the poem, but I think círa might have a sense like “cleaving [from]”.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> métima hresta-llo cír-a = “✱last beach-from cleave-(present)”
métim’ auressë
in the last morning
The thirty-seventh line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is the adjective métima “last” with the final vowel elided because of the initial a in the next word, which is the locative form of the noun aurë “morning” (more commonly “day”).
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> métim’ aure-ssë = “✱last morning-in”
Conceptual Development: In the first draft, Tolkien did not elide the adjective métima, and used a different word for “morning”: amaurëa (MC/222).
telu
adjective. last, last; [ᴱQ.] end (fate), close
An apparently adjectival element in the name Telufinwë meaning “last”.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. telu was a noun meaning “end, close” (QL/91). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “end (fate)” (PME/91).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use this element only in compounds since it is not clear what its independent singular or plural forms would be (telo, telwi?). For the ordinary adjective, I’d use métima or telda.
oilima
last
oilima adj."last" (MC:213, 214; this is "Qenya"), inflected or lengthened form oilimain "last (pl.)" (MC:221), oilimaisen "(MC:221), oilimaite "last" (MC:214, 221)
telda
last, final
telda (1) adj. "last, final" (WJ:407)
métima adj. "last" (Markirya), in Markirya also twice métim', since the following words (auressë, andúnë) begin in an a.