miw

root. whine

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “whine”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. maiwe/N. maew “gull” and ᴹQ. miule “whining, mewing” (Ety/MIW). Tolkien’s continued use of Q. maiwë (MC/222) and S. maew (PE17/97) for “gull” indicates the ongoing validity of this root. The word ᴱQ. māwe “gull” appeared under the root ᴱ√MAWA “?cry, bleat” (the “?” is Tolkien’s) in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, along with other derivatives like ᴱQ. maule “crying, weeping” and ᴱQ. moa “sheep” (QL/60), making this early root a likely precursor to ᴹ√MIW.

Derivatives

• Q. maiwë “gull”
• ᴹQ. maiwe “gull” ✧ Ety/MIW
• ᴹQ. miue “cat”
• ᴹQ. miule “whining, mewing” ✧ Ety/MIW
• ᴺQ. miuro “cat”
• ᴺQ. miura “cat”
• ᴺQ. miurë “cat”
• ᴺQ. miuya- “to cry, whine”
• S. maew “gull”
• N. maew “gull” ✧ Ety/MIW
• ᴺS. muia- “to whine, moan, whimper, caw, meow”
• ᴺS. muig “cat”
• S. mŷl “gull”

Variations

• MIW ✧ Ety/MIW

miw

root. *small, tiny, frail

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. míwa and N. mîw “small, tiny, frail” (EtyAC/MIW²).

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. míwa “small, tiny, frail” ✧ EtyAC/MIW²
• N. mîw “small, tiny, frail” ✧ EtyAC/MIW²