ᴹQ. melda adj. “beloved, dear, sweet” (Category: Dear)

References ✧ Ety/MEL; EtyAC/MEL; LR/72

Glosses

• “beloved, dear, sweet” ✧ Ety/MEL

Variations

• melda ✧ Ety/MEL

Changes

• melda “beloved, dear” »» melda “beloved, dear, sweet” ✧ EtyAC/MEL

Inflections

meldielto

stative 3rd-pl

“They are ... beloved”

✧ LR/72

Element In

• ᴹQ. toi aina, mána, meldielto — enga morion: talantie “they are holy, blessed, and beloved — save the dark one: he is fallen” ✧ LR/72

Cognates

• N. mell “dear” ✧ Ety/MEL

Derivations

• < ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ Ety/MEL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MEL > melda

[melnā] > [meldā] > [melda]

✧ Ety/MEL

ᴱQ. melitsa adj. “beloved, favourite” (Category: Dear)

Reference ✧ QL/60 ✧ “beloved, favourite”

Elements

melitse	“darling, sweetheart”	✧ QL/60
#-a	“adjectival suffix”	✧ QL/60 (#-a)

ᴹQ. helda² adj. “friendly, having love (for)” (Category: Friendship)

Reference ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL ✧ helda “friendly, having love (for)”

Derivations

• < ᴹ√ÑEL “friendship” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL (ÑEL)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ÑEL > helda

[ŋelda] > [ɣelda] > [helda]

✧ EtyAC/ÑEL

ᴹQ. yelda adj. “friendly, dear as friend” (Category: Dear)

Reference ✧ Ety/YEL ✧ “friendly, dear as friend”

Derivations

• < ᴹ√YEL² “friend” ✧ Ety/YEL (YEL)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√YEL > yelda

[jelda]

✧ Ety/YEL