Quenya 

melima

adjective. loving, very affectionate

Quenya [PE 22:156] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

melima

loveable, fair

melima adj. "loveable, fair" (MEL, VT45:34); Melimar a name of the Lindar (in Tolkien's former conception = the later Vanyar, not the Teleri) (MEL)

melima

adjective. loving, very affectionate, [ᴹQ.] loveable, fair; [Q.] loving, very affectionate

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
mel-“to love”
-ima“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”

Variations

  • mélima ✧ Minor-Doc/1955-CT
Quenya [Minor-Doc/1955-CT; PE22/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

méla

loving, affectionate

méla adj. "loving, affectionate" (VT39:10), apparently compounded in mélamar, q.v. (in that word rather meaning "dear").

Sindarin 

milui

loving

milui (lenited vilui; no distinct pl. form) (friendly, kind)

milui

loving

(lenited vilui; no distinct pl. form) (friendly, kind)

Nandorin 

lindē

proper name. Lindar

Cognates

  • Q. Linda “Singer” ✧ NM/347

Element in

  • Nan. Norlindon “Land of the Lindar” ✧ NM/347

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Qenya 

melima

adjective. loveable, fair

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Melimar “Lindar” ✧ Ety/MEL

Elements

WordGloss
mel-“to love (as friend)”

Variations

  • Melima ✧ Ety/MEL
Qenya [Ety/MEL; EtyAC/MEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

melimar

collective name. Lindar

Another name for the Lindar appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/MEL), it is simply melima “loveable, fair” converted into a plural name.

Elements

WordGloss
melima“loveable, fair”