Quenya
-mas
-mas
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Early Quenya
-mas
suffix. -ton, -by
Cognates
- G. -bar “dweller; home, -ham”
Derivations
- ᴱ√ŊWAÐA “tarry, linger” ✧ GL/47
Element in
- Eq. Kor(o)mas “Resting of the Exiles of Kôr” ✧ LT1A/Eldamar
-mas final element in placenames, equivalent to English -ton, -by(LT1:251; hardly valid in Tolkien's later Quenya)