Yavannildi

followers of yavanna

Yavannildi pl. noun "Followers of Yavanna" (sg. #Yavannildë?), Elvish women who knew and kept the secret of the making of coimas (lembas) (PM:404). Apparently Yavanna + hildi.

yavannildi

collective name. Maidens of Yavanna

Elvish women who were devotees of Yavanna and learned the secret of crafting lembas (PM/404). The initial element of this name is Yavanna and the second element may be a feminized form of the suffix -(n)dil “friend”, as in [ᴹQ.] nilde “female friend”, or perhaps the plural of the feminine agental suffix -ldë.

Cognates

• S. Ivonwin “Maidens of Yavanna” ✧ PM/404; PMI/Yavannildi

Elements

Word	Gloss
Yavanna	“Giver of Fruits, (lit.) Fruit-gift”
nilde	“friend (f.)”