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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==
===Words===
*''[[Isilmë#Etymology|Isil'''''']]'' = "moonlight"{{fact}}
*'''melmë''' = "love" ('''mel-''' = "to love"; [[MEL]])
*''[[melmë|mel'''''']]'' = "love" ("to love"; [[MEL]]){{fact}}
*'''qualmë''' = "agaony, death" ("to die in pain"; [[KWAL]])
*''[[nilmë|nil'''më''']]'' = "friendship" ("friend"; [[NIL]]){{fact}}
*'''nilmë''' = "friendship" ("friend"; [[NIL]])
*''tel'''më''''' = "cover" ("hood"; [[TEL]]){{fact}}
*'''telmë''' = "cover" ("hood"; [[TEL]])
*''qual'''më''''' = "agony, death" ("to die in pain"; [[KWAL]]){{fact}}
===Names===
{{References}}
*'''[[Isilmë]]''' = "moonlight"
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[[Category:Quenya suffixes]]
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-më is a Quenya suffix which usually denotes abstract, or at least rather intangible, things.[1]

Examples[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 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