cilmë

choosing

#cilmë noun "choosing" (isolated from Essecilmë "name-choosing", q.v.) (MR:214); also in #cilmessë pl. cilmessi ("k") "self-names", literally names of personal choice (PM:339) (cilmë + essi, hence *"choice-names").

cilmë

noun. choice, choosing, choice, choosing, *selection

Cognates

• ᴺS. cilith “choice, choosing, *selection”

Derivations

• √KIL “choose, select, choose, select; [ᴹ√] divide; [ᴱ√] edge” ✧ PE22/149

Element in

• Q. cilmessë “self-name”
• Q. Essecilmë “Name-choosing” ✧ MR/470
• ᴺQ. hócilmë “example, outtake, selection, representative item”
• Q. tengwacilmë “spelling” ✧ PE22/149

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KIL > kilmē	[kilmē] > [kilme]	✧ PE22/149

Variations

• kilmē ✧ PE22/149

#cilme

noun. choice

írë

noun. desire, desire, [ᴹQ.] longing

Derivations

• √IR “desire, long for, desire, long for; [ᴹ√] desirable, beautiful”
• √ID “desire, long for” ✧ PE17/112

Element in

• Q. Írildë
• Q. írima “desirable, lovely” ✧ PE17/112
• Q. Írimon
• Q. Írissë “*Desirable Lady”
• Q. Irmo “Desirer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ID > ír-	[īde] > [īðe] > [īre]	✧ PE17/112

Variations

• ír- ✧ PE17/112 (ír-)

milmë

desire, greed

milmë noun "desire, greed" (MIL-IK)

yesta-

desire

yesta- (1) vb. "desire" (YES, VT46:23; the latter source indicates that Tolkien did write yesta- with a final hyphen, indicating that this is "desire" as a verbal stem, not as a noun).

írissë

desire

Írissë fem. name (PM:345), evidently connected to írë "desire".

írë

desire

írë (1) noun "desire". (ID). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, írë was also the name of a long carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting long í. (VT45:17).

aníra-

verb. to desire

cilith

noun. choice, choosing, *selection

Cognates

• Q. cilmë “choice, choosing, choice, choosing, *selection”

Derivations

• √KIL “choose, select, choose, select; [ᴹ√] divide; [ᴱ√] edge”

aníra

desire

(vb.) aníra- (i aníra, in anírar);

aníra

desire

(i aníra, in anírar);

îr

sexual desire

(VT46:23)

îr

noun. sexual desire