Quenya 

malinalda

proper name. Tree of Gold

Another name of Laurelin (S/38), a compound of malina “yellow, golden” and alda “tree” (SA/alda, mal).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Malinalda also appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/210), likely with the same meaning and etymology.

Elements

WordGloss
malina“yellow, of golden colour”
alda“tree, tree, [ᴱQ.] branch”
Quenya [MRI/Malinalda; S/038; SA/alda; SA/mal; SI/Malinalda] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

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".

tulca

yellow

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

Sindarin 

melthinorn

proper name. Tree of Gold

A name of Laurelin translated “Tree of Gold” (MR/155), apparently a combination of a variant form of the adjective [N.] malthen “of gold” and orn “tree” (Ety/SMAL). The initial adjective melthin- appears to be plural, though the reason why is unclear since the second element is obviously singular.

Conceptual Development: The name N. Melthinorn appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/30). It also appears in The Etymologies, which is the source of the derivation above (Ety/SMAL). In the same entry, there is an archaic form †Mellinorn, apparently containing a plural of N. mallen.

Elements

WordGloss
malthen“of gold”
orn“(tall straight) tree”
Sindarin [MR/155; MRI/Melthinorn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malen

yellow

malen (lenited valen; pl. melin).

malen

yellow

(lenited valen; pl. melin).

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).

baran

yellow brown

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

Quendya 

tulka

adjective. yellow

Derivations

Noldorin 

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
Noldorin [Ety/SMAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

melthinorn

proper name. Tree of Gold

Elements

WordGloss
malthen“of gold”
orn“tree”

Variations

  • Mellinorn ✧ Ety/SMAL (Mellinorn)
Noldorin [Ety/SMAL; LR/210; LRI/Melthinorn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Valarin 

tuluk-ha(n)

adjective. yellow

Derivatives

  • Van. tulka “yellow” ✧ WJ/399

Element in

Qenya 

malinalda

proper name. Malinalda

Elements

WordGloss
malina“yellow”
alda“tree”
Qenya [LR/210; LRI/Malinalda] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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 

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
Old Noldorin [Ety/SMAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

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
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SMAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/MAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

malon

adjective. yellow

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MALA “yellow”

Element in

Early Noldorin

malw

adjective. yellow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MALA “yellow”
Early Noldorin [PE13/150] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/058; QL/063] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

malina

adjective. yellow

Cognates

Element in

Variations

  • malin(d) ✧ QL/058
Early Quenya [PME/058; QL/044; QL/058; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malin(d)

adjective. yellow