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'''''-më''''' is a [[Quenya]] suffix which usually denotes abstract, or at least rather intangible, things.<ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 68</ref> | |||
'''''-më''''' is a [[Quenya]] suffix which usually denotes abstract, or at least rather intangible, things. | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*''[[Isilmë#Etymology|Isil'''më''']]'' = "moonlight"{{fact}} | |||
*''' | *''[[melmë|mel'''më''']]'' = "love" ("to love"; [[MEL]]){{fact}} | ||
*''[[nilmë|nil'''më''']]'' = "friendship" ("friend"; [[NIL]]){{fact}} | |||
*''' | *''tel'''më''''' = "cover" ("hood"; [[TEL]]){{fact}} | ||
*''' | *''qual'''më''''' = "agony, death" ("to die in pain"; [[KWAL]]){{fact}} | ||
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[[Category:Quenya suffixes]] | [[Category:Quenya suffixes]] |
Latest revision as of 15:08, 6 May 2019
-më is a Quenya suffix which usually denotes abstract, or at least rather intangible, things.[1]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Isilmë = "moonlight"[source?]
- melmë = "love" ("to love"; MEL)[source?]
- nilmë = "friendship" ("friend"; NIL)[source?]
- telmë = "cover" ("hood"; TEL)[source?]
- qualmë = "agony, death" ("to die in pain"; KWAL)[source?]
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