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miru
noun. wine
Cognates
Element in
- Eq. mirukarne “wine-red” ✧ QL/061
- Eq. miru mirmila “*wine rippling” ✧ QL/061
- Eq. mirúva “like wine, winy” ✧ QL/061
- Eq. miruvóre “nectar, drink of the Valar, sweet drink” ✧ LT1A/Miruvor; QL/061
Variations
- Miru ✧ QL/061
io
noun. wine
A word appearing as {úle >> eo >>} io “wine” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/141).
Conceptual Development: A possible precursor to this word is ᴱQ. ulme “a kind of wine” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived the early root ᴱ√ULU “pour” (QL/97).
Changes
úle→ eo ✧ PE16/141eo→ io ✧ PE16/141Cognates
- ᴺS. ŷ “wine”
Variations
- úle ✧ PE16/141 (
úle)- eo ✧ PE16/141 (
eo)
A word appearing as ᴱQ. miru “wine” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s as the basis for the name of the drink of the Valar: ᴱQ. miruvóre (QL/61; PME/61).
Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writing, the initial element of Q. miruvórë was derived from the Valarin word Val. mirub “wine”, but I think ᴺQ. miru “wine” can also be retained as an adaptation of that Valarin word.