silmerána

noun. gleaming moon, silver moon

A word glossed as either “silver moon” (MC/220) or “the gleaming moon” (PE16/75) appearing in the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930s and its earlier drafts, apparently a combination of ᴱQ. Rána “moon” with some (adjectival?) element ᴱQ. silme.

Element in

• Eq. kaivon nyúken i·sapsanta silmerána númetár “*the gleaming-moon goes down like a corpse into the grave” ✧ PE16/077
• Eq. ondoin mórin ninkuváron, núni silmerána tindon “*the dark rocks will shine white, shining under the gleaming-moon” ✧ PE16/077
• Eq. silmeráno tindon “shining in the silver moon” ✧ MC/220; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074

Elements

Word	Gloss
silme	“gleaming, silver”
Rána	“Moon”

Variations

• silmeraana ✧ PE16/072; PE16/077; PE16/077