Early Quenya
makar
masculine name. God of Battle
Cognates
- G. Magron “God of Wars” ✧ GL/18; GL/55; LT1A/Makar; PE14/013
Derivations
- ᴱ√MAKA “slay” ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Makar; QL/057
Element in
- Eq. Makarnisan “Saturday”
- Eq. Makarnea “Red-handed” ✧ GL/18
Variations
- Makarna ✧ GL/18 (Makarna)
- Makarn- ✧ PE14/013
makillar
noun. swordsman
ektar
noun. swordsman
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√EKE “*point” ✧ QL/035
Element in
- Eq. Telimektar “Orion, (lit.) Swordsman of Heaven” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√EKE > ektar [extard] > [ektard] > [ektar] ✧ QL/035 Variations
- -mektar ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- ektar ✧ PME/035; QL/035
God of Battle in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/67). His name is derived from the root ᴱ√MAKA “slay” (QL/57), but there was also a “popular etymology” of his name giving it the sense “Red Hand” (GL/18; PE14/13), as a combination of má “hand” and karne “red”.