-ima is a Quenya suffix meaning "-able". (e.g. mátima edible) This suffix is noted "-ima" whence a lengthening of the sundóma in the examples mátima and nótima.[1]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p.68