Quenya 

ve maiwi yaimië

like gulls wailing

The fifth line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is ve “like”, followed by the plural of maiwë “gull” and the plural form of the adjective yaimëa “wailing” in agreement with the noun.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> ve maiw-i yaim-ië = “✱like gull-(plural) wailing-(plural)”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
ve“as, like, similar, after the manner [of], as, like, similar, after the manner [of]; [ᴹQ.] with”
maiwë“gull”
yaimëa“wailing”

Variations

  • ve maiwi yaimie ✧ MC/222