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