A word for “sand” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/139). Its etymology is unclear, and none of the words from this period with similar forms seem to be related.
Early Quenya
marma
noun. sand
Derivations
- ᴱ√MṚÐṚ “grind” ✧ QL/063
Element in
- Eq. marmale “beach” ✧ QL/063
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MṚŘṚ > marma [mṛðmā] > [mṛðma] > [marðma] > [mardma] > [marma] ✧ QL/063
mára
adjective. mighty, power[ful], doughty; good, excellent, useful (of things)
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ QL/057
Element in
- Eq. i limbelu tuktalla nai mára “*the long search may be good” ✧ PE15/32
- Eq. mal “better, best” ✧ PE14/081
- Eq. malda “better, best” ✧ PE14/081
- Eq. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/030
- Eq. néri ur natsi nostalen máre “*men are not beings good by nature” ✧ PE15/32
- Eq. nostalen mára “good by nature” ✧ GG/10
- Eq. qentien no máre nar i hondor “*than good, I said, are the hearts” ✧ PE15/32
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MAHA > māra [maxrā] > [maxra] > [maɣra] > [māra] ✧ QL/057 Variations
- māra ✧ GG/10; PE13/122; PE15/32; QL/057
- Mára ✧ LFC/030
- mā-ra ✧ PE13/125
- măra ✧ PE14/048
- mara ✧ PE14/081; PE15/73
- mára ✧ PE16/137; PE16/140
túrea
adjective. mighty
Variations
- tūrea ✧ QL/095 (tūrea)
tyusse
noun. sand
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sand”, a derivative of the root ᴱ√MṚŘṚ [MṚÐṚ] (QL/63). The word was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/63). In later writings, ᴹQ. litse was used for “sand” (Ety/LIT).