meles, melessë noun "love" (LT1:262; rather melmë in Tolkien's later Quenya)
Quenya
mel-
love (as friend)
mel-
verb. to love
Derivations
Element in
- Q. mélamar “(emotional) home”
- Q. melima “loving, very affectionate, [ᴹQ.] loveable, fair; [Q.] loving, very affectionate”
- ᴺQ. melinólë “philosophy”
- Q. melin sé apa lanyë hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
- Q. melinyes apa la hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
- ᴺQ. mellaman “pet, (lit.) love-animal”
meles
love
melmë
love
melmë noun "love" (MEL)
-më
suffix. abstract noun
-më (2) abstract suffix, as in melmë "love" (cf. the verb mel-), #cilmë "choice" (possibly implying a verb *cil- "to choose"). According to PE17:68, primitive -mē (and -wē) were endings used to derive nouns denoting "a single action", which may fit the meaning of cilmë (but melmë "love" would normally be something lasting rather than "a single action").
mel- vb. "love (as friend)" (MEL). Melinyes or melin sé "I love him" (VT49:21). LR:70 has melánë"I love", a doubtful form in Tolkien's later Quenya (melin occurs in later material).