melui

adjective. lovely, sweet

This word only occurs in the place name Imloth Melui, a vale where roses grew

melui

adjective. lovely, sweet

Element in

• S. Imloth Melui “Lovely or Sweet Flower-valley” ✧ RC/582; VT42/18

Elements

Word	Gloss
mel-	“to love”
-ui	“-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; possibility, suitability [as verbal suffix], *-able”

Variations

• Melui ✧ RC/582; VT42/18

deil

lovely

_ adj. _lovely, beautiful. Q. lelya. >> dail

laich

adjective. sweet

Cognates

• Q. lissë “sweet” ✧ PE17/154

Derivations

• ✶lisyā “sweet” ✧ PE17/148; PE17/154
  • √LIS “*sweet, [ᴱ√] sweetness, [ᴹ√] honey” ✧ PE17/148; PE17/154

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶lisyā > liχı̯ā > leχı̯ > leich > laich	[lisjā] > [lixjā] > [lixja] > [lexja] > [lexia] > [lexi] > [leix] > [laix]	✧ PE17/148
✶lisyā > lîch	[lisji] > [lixji] > [lixī] > [lix] > [līx]	✧ PE17/148

Variations

• leich ✧ PE17/154

leich

adjective. sweet

dail

adjective. lovely

_ adj. _lovely, beautiful. Q. lelya. >> deil

melui

sweet

1) (= lovely) melui (lenited velui; no distinct pl. form) (VT42:18). 2) lend (tuneful), pl. lind. Note: a homophone means ”way, journey”. No Sindarin adjective describing sweet taste occurs in published material.

melui

sweet

(lenited velui; no distinct pl. form) (VT42:18).

lend

sweet

(tuneful), pl. lind. Note: a homophone means ”way, journey”. No Sindarin adjective describing sweet taste occurs in published material.