yérë

sexual desire

yérë noun *"sexual desire" _(VT46:23; the word is not really glossed, but looks like an abstract formation from the stem YER "feel sexual desire")_

yesta-

desire

yesta- (1) vb. "desire" (YES, VT46:23; the latter source indicates that Tolkien did write yesta- with a final hyphen, indicating that this is "desire" as a verbal stem, not as a noun).

írissë

desire

Írissë fem. name (PM:345), evidently connected to írë "desire".

írë

desire

írë (1) noun "desire". (ID). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, írë was also the name of a long carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting long í. (VT45:17).

írë

noun. desire, desire, [ᴹQ.] longing

Derivations

• √IR “desire, long for, desire, long for; [ᴹ√] desirable, beautiful”
• √ID “desire, long for” ✧ PE17/112

Element in

• Q. Írildë
• Q. írima “desirable, lovely” ✧ PE17/112
• Q. Írimon
• Q. Írissë “*Desirable Lady”
• Q. Irmo “Desirer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ID > ír-	[īde] > [īðe] > [īre]	✧ PE17/112

Variations

• ír- ✧ PE17/112 (ír-)

milmë

desire, greed

milmë noun "desire, greed" (MIL-IK)

aníra-

verb. to desire

îr

sexual desire

(VT46:23)

îr

sexual desire

îr (VT46:23)

îr

sexual desire

îr (VT46:23)

aníra

desire

(vb.) aníra- (i aníra, in anírar);

aníra

desire

(i aníra, in anírar);

îr

noun. sexual desire

îr

noun. *sexual desire

An unglossed word in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√YER “feel sexual desire” (EtyAC/YER), perhaps a noun meaning “✱sexual desire”.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. yére “*sexual desire” ✧ EtyAC/YER

Derivations

• ᴹ√YER “feel sexual desire” ✧ EtyAC/YER

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√YER > îr	[jēre] > [jīre] > [īre] > [īr]	✧ EtyAC/YER