Quenya 

malo

pollen, yellow powder

malo (1) (stem *malu-, given the primitive form ¤smalu) noun "pollen, yellow powder" (SMAL)

malda

yellow, of golden colour

malda adj. "yellow, of golden colour" (PE17:51), variant of malina. An earlier source (the Etymologies, entry SMAL) has malda as the noun "gold" but LotR gives malta, q.v., and according to VT46:14 the form malta originally appeared in the Etymologies as well. Since Quenya sometimes uses adjectives as nouns (see for instance fanya), malda could still be regarded as a valid side-form of the noun malta "gold".

malina

yellow

malina adj. "yellow" (SMAL, Letters:308), "yellow, of golden colour" (PE17:51). Malinalda *"Yellow-tree", a name of Laurelin (SA:mal-; evidently malina + alda), translated "Tree of Gold" in the Silmarillion index. Cf. also malinornë.

tulca

yellow

tulca (3) ("k") adj. "yellow". Adopted and adapted from Valarin; the normal Quenya word for "yellow" is rather malina (WJ:399)

Sindarin 

mâl

yellow powder

(i vâl; construct mal) (pollen), pl. mail or archaic mely (i mail, i mely). Older pl. meil (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

mâl

pollen

mâl (i vâl; construct mal) (yellow powder), pl. mail or archaic mely (i mail, i mely). Older pl. meil (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

mâl

pollen

(i vâl; construct mal) (yellow powder), pl. mail or archaic mely (i mail, i mely). Older pl. meil (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

mâl

yellow powder

mâl (i vâl; construct mal) (pollen), pl. mail or archaic mely (i mail, i mely). Older pl. meil (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

mâl

powder

(yellow powder) mâl (i vâl; construct mal) (pollen), pl. mail or archaic mely (i mail, i mely). Older pl. meil (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

mâl

powder

(i vâl; construct mal) (pollen), pl. mail or archaic mely (i mail, i mely). Older pl. meil (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

mâl

noun. pollen, yellow powder

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malen

yellow

malen (lenited valen; pl. melin).

malen

yellow

(lenited valen; pl. melin).

baran

yellow brown

(swart, dark brown, golden-brown), pl. berain.

Quendya 

tulka

adjective. yellow

Derivations

Noldorin 

mâl

noun. pollen, yellow powder

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hmâl

noun. pollen, yellow powder

A noun appearing as N. {mâl >>} hmâl “pollen, yellow powder” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” (Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL).

Neo-Sindarin: In the 1930s Tolkien vacillated on whether voiceless initial nasals were a feature of Noldorin, but he abandoned them in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, for example with ✶snagdē > S. naedh “wound” (PE19/91). Thus, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. mâl “pollen, yellow powder” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.

Changes

  • mâl → hmâl “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. malo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • On. smalo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL
    • ᴹ✶smalu “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. malo > mâl[malo] > [mal] > [māl]✧ Ety/SMAL
On. malo > meil[mali] > [meli] > [meil]✧ Ety/SMAL
On. malui > mely[malui] > [melui] > [mely]✧ Ety/SMAL
On. smalo > hmâl[smalo] > [m̥alo] > [m̥al] > [m̥āl]✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Variations

  • mâl ✧ Ety/SMAL
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malen

adjective. yellow

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

malen

adjective. yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Element in

  • ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”
  • ᴺS. melingarn “orange, tawny”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. malina > malen[m̥alina] > [m̥alena] > [m̥alen] > [malen]✧ Ety/SMAL
On. malina > melin[m̥alini] > [m̥elini] > [m̥elin] > [melin]✧ Ety/SMAL
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Valarin 

tuluk-ha(n)

adjective. yellow

Derivatives

  • Van. tulka “yellow” ✧ WJ/399

Element in

Qenya 

malo

noun. pollen, yellow powder

A noun in The Etymologies from around 1937, glossed “pollen, yellow powder” and derived from the root ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” (Ety/SMAL).

Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s earlier writings, ᴱQ. malo was “rust”, first appearing in the Early Qenya Grammar and Early Qenya word-lists of the 1920s (PE14/42, 44, 71, 74; PE15/77; PE16/111) and later as ᴹQ. malo “rust” in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s where it had a stem form of malu- (PE21/12). Most likely these earlier forms were based on the early root ᴱ√MALA “yellow” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/63), though in QL itself the word ᴱQ. malo was “moth” from the distinct root ᴱ√MALA “crush” (QL/63).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think the “pollen” and “rust” meanings for malo (malu-) can co-exist, with both originally considered a form of “yellow powder”.

Cognates

  • On. smalo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ EtyAC/SMAL
  • N. hmâl “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶smalu “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶smalu > malo[smalu] > [smalo] > [m̥alo] > [malo]✧ Ety/SMAL

Variations

  • malo ✧ Ety/SMAL

malina

adjective. yellow

Cognates

  • On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶smalinā > malina[malinā] > [m̥alina] > [malina] > [malina]✧ Ety/SMAL

Old Noldorin 

smalo

noun. pollen, yellow powder

Changes

  • malo → smalo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. malo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶smalu “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivatives

  • N. hmâl “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶smalu > malo[malu] > [malo]✧ Ety/SMAL
ᴹ✶smalu > malui[malui] > [malui]✧ Ety/SMAL
ᴹ✶smalu > smalo[smalu] > [smalo] > [m̥alo]✧ Ety/SMAL

Variations

  • malo ✧ Ety/SMAL
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malina

adjective. yellow

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivatives

  • N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶smalinā > malina[smalinā] > [smalina] > [m̥alina]✧ Ety/SMAL
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Middle Primitive Elvish

smal

root. yellow

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶asmalē “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. ambale “yellow bird, yellow hammer” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • On. ammale “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶asmalindē “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • On. ammalinde “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. emlin “yellow bird, yellow hammer” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smaldā “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. malta “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL
    • On. malda “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL
    • N. malt “gold (as metal)” ✧ EtyAC/SMAL; Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smalu “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. malo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • On. smalo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. hmâl “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smalwā “fallow, pale” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • ᴹQ. malwa “fallow, pale, fallow, pale, [ᴱQ.] yellowish, *wan” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. hmalw “fallow, pale” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹQ. malo “rust”
  • N. mallen “of gold” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Variations

  • MAL ✧ EtyAC/MAL (MAL)
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smalu

noun. pollen, yellow powder

Changes

  • smalŭ → smalu “flour, meal” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. malo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • On. smalo “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. hmâl “pollen, yellow powder” ✧ Ety/SMAL; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL

Variations

  • smalŭ ✧ EtyAC/SMAL (smalŭ)
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smalinā

adjective. yellow

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
    • N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL
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Gnomish

malon

adjective. yellow

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MALA “yellow”

Element in

Early Noldorin

malw

adjective. yellow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MALA “yellow”
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Early Primitive Elvish

mala

root. yellow

Derivatives

  • Eq. malo “rust”
  • Eq. malwa “pale, yellowish” ✧ QL/058
  • G. malon “yellow”
  • G. maltha “golden yellow, rich, mellow”
  • En. malw “yellow”

Element in

  • Eq. malikon “amber” ✧ QL/058
  • Eq. malina “yellow” ✧ QL/058

Variations

  • mali- ✧ QL/058; QL/063
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Early Quenya

malina

adjective. yellow

Cognates

Element in

Variations

  • malin(d) ✧ QL/058
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malin(d)

adjective. yellow