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mai
adverb. too much
Derivations
- ᴱ√MAẎA “*excessive” ✧ QL/060
Element in
- Eq. maivoine “great longing” ✧ QL/060
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MAẎA > mai [maðʲ] > [maj] > [mai] ✧ QL/060 Variations
- mai ✧ QL/060
- māye ✧ QL/060
mai
adverb. if; do?
Derivations
- ᴱ√MA “root of indef[inite]”
Element in
- Eq. mai ke·tule “do you come?” ✧ PE14/053
- Eq.
mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai“if I come then they might come” ✧ PE14/059 (mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai*)- Eq. mai ni·tule tu·tulil “if I come (generic), they come (generic)” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. mai ni·túlie tu·túliel “*if I had come, they would have come” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval “whenever I come, they will come” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki “if I come (fut.), they will come” ✧ PE14/059
Variations
- mai ✧ PE14/053; PE14/059
má
noun. hand
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; QL/057
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MAHA > maha > mā [maxa] > [maxǝ] > [max] > [maɣ] > [mā] ✧ QL/057 Variations
- mâ ✧ GL/55; PE15/73
- mā ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; PE16/137; QL/057
ausi-
prefix. well
Derivations
- ᴱ√AW̯A “*wealth” ✧ QL/033
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√AW̯A > ausi- [awsi-] > [ausi-] ✧ QL/033
makte
noun. hand
Derivations
- ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ QL/057
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MAHA > makte [makti] > [makte] ✧ QL/057 Variations
- makte ✧ QL/057 (makte)
mande
adverb. well
Cognates
- G. mai “well”
Derivations
- ᴱ√MANA “*good (moral)” ✧ QL/058
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MANA > mande [mandē] > [mande] ✧ QL/058
máye
adverb. too much
tampo
noun. well
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. tampo “a well”, derived from the root ᴱ√TṂPṂ “build”; Tolkien considered transferring the word to ᴱ√TAPA “✱stretch” (QL/93). This word also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/93).
Neo-Quenya: I think ᴺQ. tampo “well” might be salvaged in Neo-Quenya as a derivative of √TAM “construct”; it is used this way in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).
Derivations
- ᴱ√TṂPṂ “build” ✧ QL/093
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TṂPṂ > tampo [tṇ̄pō] > [tṇ̄po] > [tampo] ✧ QL/093
vande
adverb. well
Derivations
- ᴱ√VANA “*beauty” ✧ QL/099
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VANA > vande [βandē] > [βande] > [vande] ✧ QL/099 Variations
- vande ✧ QL/099
An archaic word for “hand” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writings.