Qenya
morion
masculine name. the Dark One
Element in
- ᴹQ. talantie “they are holy, blessed, and beloved — save the dark one: he is fallen” ✧ LR/072
Elements
Word Gloss more “black, dark” -ndo “*agent (male)” Variations
- morion ✧ LR/072
lóna
adjective. dark
Cognates
- N. dûr “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Derivations
- ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > lóna [doɣna] > [dōna] > [lōna] ✧ Ety/DOƷ Variations
- lóna ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Another name for Melko in the poem Fíriel’s Song from the 1930s (LR/72), possibly a combination of the stem form mori- of more “dark” and some variation of the agental suffix -ndo.
Conceptual Development: This name also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, where it was glossed “Son of the Dark” (QL/62), a combination of the root ᴱ√MORO “dark” and some form of yondo “male descendant”.