mulë

meal, grist

mulë noun "meal, grist" (PE17:115, 181), replacing polë, q.v.

mulë

noun. meal, meal, *grist, ground grains

A word in a list of “large & small” roots from around 1968 replacing polë “meal” (PE17/115). It was likely derived from ✱√MUL, which in the 1910s meant “grind” (QL/63). This words means “meal” in the sense “ground grains” such as “cornmeal”, not “meal” as a time for eating which is [ᴹQ.] mat.

Derivations

• √MUL “grind (fine)”

Element in

• ᴺQ. mulessë “porridge”

Variations

• mŭle ✧ PE17/115

mulma

fine flour

mulma noun "fine flour" (QL:63). Compare mulë from a post-LotR source.

polë

meal, grist

[polë (stem poli-) noun "meal, grist" (PE17:115, 181), a word Tolkien decided to replace by mulë; perhaps polë was a variant of porë.]

mat

meal, meal time

mat (matt-) noun "meal, meal time" (QL:59)

mulma

noun. fine flour

Derivations

• √MUL “grind (fine)”

Element in

• ᴺQ. mulmanen “mill”
• ᴺQ. mulmar “miller”
• ᴺQ. mulmin “mill”

mâd

noun. meal

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mat “food, meal, meal, [ᴱQ.] meal time; [ᴹQ.] food”

Derivations

• √MAT “eat”

Element in

• ᴺS. amorvad “breakfast”
• ᴺS. dúvad “supper, dinner”
• ᴺS. nedhwad “lunch, (lit.) middle-meal”

poli

noun. meal

Derivations

• √POL “can, have physical power and ability; large, big (strong); pound up, break up small, reduce to powder, can, have physical power and ability; large, big (strong); [ᴹ√] physically strong, [ᴱ√] have stength; [√] pound up, break up small, reduce to powder”

Derivatives

• Q. polë “meal, grist, meal, grist, [ᴹQ.] flour, [ᴱQ.] oats, grain (unground kernels of oats, wheat, etc.)”

Variations

• polĭ ✧ PE21/80