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'''Mellon''' pl. '''mellyn''' is the [[Sindarin]] term for friend.
'''''mellon''''' is the [[Sindarin]] (and [[Noldorin]]) word for "friend".<ref>{{L|347}}, p. 424</ref><ref name=FR>{{FR|II4}}</ref><ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 41</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''mel-''</ref>
 
[[Didier Willis]] has suggested that the plural form is ''mellyn''.<ref>[[Didier Willis]], [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/english.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 18 July 2011)</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Possible [[OS]] *''meldondo'', [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[MEL]]


[[PQ]] could have been *''meldô'' but perhaps the ending ''-ondo/-on'' was added because the final vowel disappears in Sindarin, and the word needed an ending. Without an ending it would become **''[[mell]]'' which would be identical to the word for "love".  
Sindarin ''mellon'' derives from ?[[Old Sindarin]] ''melnā'' ("dear, beloved"), from the [[Sundocarme|root]] MEL ("love").<ref name=PE17/>


==Cognates==
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], [[Noldorin]] ''mellon'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] MEL ("love (as friend)").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 372</ref>
*[[Quenya]]: ''[[meldo]]''.


==Examples==
==Examples==
*[[Elvellon]]
*''[[Elvellon]]''


==Notes==
==Phrases==
It was the password into the [[Doors of Durin]] to enter [[Moria]].  
It was the password into the [[Doors of Durin]] to enter [[Moria]].<ref name=FR/>


==See also==
==See also==
*-[[ndil]]
*''[[-ndil]]''


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Revision as of 19:01, 18 July 2011

mellon is the Sindarin (and Noldorin) word for "friend".[1][2][3][4]

Didier Willis has suggested that the plural form is mellyn.[5]

Etymology

Sindarin mellon derives from ?Old Sindarin melnā ("dear, beloved"), from the root MEL ("love").[3]

In the Etymologies, Noldorin mellon derives from the root MEL ("love (as friend)").[6]

Examples

Phrases

It was the password into the Doors of Durin to enter Moria.[2]

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347, (dated 17 December 1972), p. 424
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
  3. 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 41
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry mel-
  5. Didier Willis, Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary at Jrrvf.com (accessed 18 July 2011)
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 372