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Qenya 

morilinde

noun. nightingale

A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. móre “night” and ᴹQ. linde “song” (Ety/MOR). Q. lómelindë “nightingale” is better attested.

Cognates

  • Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/MOR

Elements

WordGloss
móre“blackness, dark, night”
linde“air, tune”

lómelinde

noun. nightingale

Cognates

  • N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; SD/302
  • Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
lóme“night, night-time, shades of night, gloom”
linde“air, tune”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶dōmilindē > lōmelinde[dōmilindē] > [lōmilindē] > [lōmelindē] > [lōmelinde]✧ SD/302

Variations

  • lōmelindë ✧ LR/041
  • lōmelinde ✧ SD/302
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