melin adj. "dear" (MEL)
Quenya
mel-
verb. love (as friend)
melin
dear
melmë
love
melmë noun "love" (MEL)
meles
love
meles, melessë noun "love" (LT1:262; rather melmë in Tolkien's later Quenya)
mel-
verb. to love
-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").
sonda
dear, fond
[sonda adj. "dear, fond" (VT46:15)]
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).