elwen noun "heart" (LT1:255; rather hón or enda in LotR-style Quenya)
Quenya
mer-
wish, desire, want
mer-
verb. to hope, to hope, [ᴹQ.] wish, desire, want
Derivations
- ᴹ√MER “wish (for), want, desire”
Element in
- Q. merin sa haryalyë alassë nó vanyalyë Ambarello “I hope that you have happiness before you pass from the world” ✧ MS/01
- ᴺQ. mermë “wish”
mer-
verb. wish (for), want
mermë
noun. wish
Elements
Word Gloss mer- “to hope, to hope, [ᴹQ.] wish, desire, want”
elwen
heart
enda
heart
enda noun "heart", but not referring to the physical organ; it literally means "centre" (cf. endë) and refers to the fëa (soul) or sáma (mind) itself. (VT39:32)
hón
heart
hón noun "heart" (physical) (KHŌ-N); hon-maren "heart of the house", a fire (LR:63, 73; this is "Qenya" with genitive in -en, not -o as in LotR-style Quenya read *hon-maro?)
indo
heart, mood
indo (1) noun "heart, mood" (ID), "state" (perhaps especially state of mind, given the other glosses) (VT39:23), "mind, region/range of thought, mood" (PE17:155, 179), "inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character or [?personality]" (PE17:189). In another post-LotR source, indo is translated "resolve" or "will", the state of mind leading directly to action (VT41:13). Indo is thus "the mind in its purposing faculty, the will" (VT41:17). Indo-ninya,a word occurring in Fíriels Song, translated "my heart" (see ninya). In the compound indemma "mind-picture", the first element would seem to be indo.
milmë
desire, greed
milmë noun "desire, greed" (MIL-IK)
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
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ID > ír- [īde] > [īðe] > [īre] ✧ PE17/112 Variations
- ír- ✧ PE17/112 (ír-)
órë
heart
órë (1) noun "heart" (inner mind), also name of tengwa #21 (Appendix E), "premonition" (VT41:13), "nearest equivalent of 'heart' in our application to feelings, or emotions (courage, fear, hope, pity, etc.)" (VT41:13). The órë apparently defines a person's personality, cf. the description of Galadriel in PM:337, that "there dwelt in her the noble and generous spirit (órë) of the Vanyar". Órenya "my heart" (VT41:11).
estelya-
verb. to hope
Elements
Word Gloss estel “hope, trust, *faith”
mer- vb. "wish, desire, want" (the form merë given in Etym seems to be the 3rd person sg. aorist, *"wishes, desires, wants"); pa.t. mernë (MER)