Early Quenya
mella
noun. girl
Derivations
- ᴱ√MELE “love” ✧ QL/060
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MELE > mella [mellā] > [mella] ✧ QL/060
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
A word for “girl” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MELE “love”, but Tolkien marked it with a “?” (QL/60). The same word did appear in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, however (PME/60).