nilmë noun "friendship" (NIL/NDIL)
Quenya
helmë
friendship
nilmë
friendship
yelmë
friendship
[yelmë] (2) noun (not glossed; the etymology may suggest *"friendship") (YEL, struck out)
Sindarin
gwend
noun. friendship
gwend (i 'wend, construct gwen) (bond), pl. gwind (in gwind), coll. pl. gwennath. Note: a homophone means ”maiden”.
gwend
friendship
(i ’wend, construct gwen) (bond), pl. gwind (in gwind), coll. pl. gwennath. Note: a homophone means ”maiden”.
dilith
noun. friendship
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Cognates
- ᴹQ. nilme “friendship”
Elements
Word Gloss N(D)IL “to love (as a friend or equal), be devoted to, to love (as a friend or equal), be devoted to; [ᴹ√] love, devotion; friend” -th “abstract noun”
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Qenya
helme
noun. friendship
Derivations
- ᴹ√
ÑEL“friendship” ✧ EtyAC/ÑELPhonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑEL > helme [ŋelme] > [ɣelme] > [helme] ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL
nilme
noun. friendship
Cognates
- ᴺS. dilith “friendship”
Derivations
- ᴹ√N(D)IL “friend; love, devotion” ✧ Ety/NIL
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NIL/NDIL > nilme [ndilme] > [nilme] ✧ Ety/NIL
Middle Primitive Elvish
ñel
root. friendship
A rejected root for “friendship” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (EtyAC/ÑEL), apparently replaced by ᴹ√N(D)IL.
Derivatives
Gnomish
gethli
noun. friendship
[helmë noun "friendship" (VT46:3)]