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Early Primitive Elvish

maƀa

root. something nice

A root given as maƀ or mam in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “something nice”, with derivatives like G. mab(a) “mother”, G. mam “grandmother”, G. mav- “like”, and G. mavri “appetite” (GL/57). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth positing a Neo-Sindarin root ᴺ√MAB to salvage some of these early words.

Derivatives

  • G. mam “grandmother, mother” ✧ GL/57
  • G. maus “pleasure; pleasant taste, pleasant” ✧ GL/57
  • G. mav- “to like” ✧ GL/57
  • G. mavri “appetite” ✧ GL/57
  • G. mavra “eager after” ✧ GL/57
  • G. mavros “desire, eager longing” ✧ GL/57
  • G. mavrog “eager” ✧ GL/57
  • G. mavwin “wish” ✧ GL/57
  • G. mavwin “ancestress, †mother” ✧ GL/57
  • G. mab(a) “mother” ✧ GL/57

Variations

  • maƀ ✧ GL/57
  • mam ✧ GL/57
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mama

root. something nice

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by