melissë

lover

melissë noun "lover" (f.) (MEL)

melindo

lover

melindo noun "lover" (m.) (MEL)

-ssë

he loves himself

-ssë (2), 3rd person sg. reflexive ending, melissë "he loves himself", possibly also quernessë *"he turned (himself)" (VT49:20-21). Compare -ttë #2. The ending -ssë* seems prone to confusion with the locative ending; an alternative wording would be the analytical construction melis immo with a separate reflexive pronoun. Tolkien himself changed quernessë to quernes immo **(VT49:20-21).

mel-

verb. to love

Derivations

• ✶melā- “to love”
  • √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Element in

• Q. mélamar “(emotional) home”
• Q. melima “loving, very affectionate, [ᴹQ.] loveable, fair; [Q.] loving, very affectionate”
• ᴺQ. melinólë “philosophy”
• Q. melin sé apa lanyë hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
• Q. melinyes apa la hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
• ᴺQ. mellaman “pet, (lit.) love-animal”

mel-

verb. to love

Derivations

• √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Element in

• S. Meldis “?Beloved Bride”
• ᴺS. mellavan “pet, (lit.) love-animal”
• S. melui “lovely, sweet”
• ᴺS. orvel- “to favour, *(lit.) love above”
• S. úvelui “not amiable, unloveable” ✧ PE17/145

seron

noun. lover

seron

noun. lover

Derivations

• ᴹ√SER “love, be fond of (of liking, friendship)”

Element in

• S. Seron Aearon “Sea-lover” ✧ PM/348

Variations

• Seron ✧ PM/348

melethor

noun. lover

Elements

Word	Gloss
meleth	“love”

melethril

lover

1) (fem.) melethril (i velethril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i melethril), coll. pl. melethrillath. 2) (masc.) melethron (i velethron), pl. melethryn (i melethryn), coll. pl. melethronnath. Also (when lover = ”friend”) mellon (i vellon), pl. mellyn (i mellyn). Coll. pl. mellonnath.

melethril

lover

(i velethril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i melethril), coll. pl. melethrillath.

melethron

lover

(i velethron), pl. melethryn (i melethryn), coll. pl. melethronnath. Also (when lover = ”friend”)  mellon (i vellon), pl. mellyn (i mellyn). Coll. pl. mellonnath.

melā-

verb. to love

Derivations

• √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Derivatives

• Q. mel- “to love”

Variations

• melā ✧ PE22/130; PE22/134; PE22/134

mela-

verb. to love

Derivations

• ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ EtyAC/MEL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MEL > melo	[mel-]	✧ EtyAC/MEL

melethril

noun. lover

melethril

noun. lover (f.)

Cognates

• ᴹQ. melisse “lover (f.)” ✧ Ety/MEL

melethron

noun. lover