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Q. lómelindë n. “nightingale, (lit.) dusk-singer” (Category: Bird (other))

Q. lómelindë, n. “nightingale, (lit.) dusk-singer” (Category: Bird (other))

The Quenya word for “nightingale”, a combination of Q. lómë “night” and Q. lindë “song”, more literally “dusk-singer” (MR/172).

Conceptual Development: The word ᴹQ. lómelinde appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/DOƷ, LIN², TIN).

References ✧ MR/172, 471; S/55; SA/dú, lin², lómë; SI/lómelindi

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

lómelindi plural “dusk-singers, nightingales” ✧ MR/172; MR/471; SI/lómelindi
lómelindi plural   ✧ S/55; SA/lin²; SA/lómë

Elements

lómë “night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness” ✧ SA/dú; SA/lómë
#lindë “singing, song, musical sound”
LIN² “sing, make a musical sound” ✧ SA/lin²

Cognates


ᴹQ. lómelinde n. “nightingale” (Category: Bird (other))

See Q. lómelindë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/DOƷ, LIN², TIN; LR/41; SD/302

Glosses

Variations

Elements

lóme “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; LR/41 (lōmë); SD/302 (lōme)
linde¹ “air, tune” ✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN (#linde)
ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim” ✧ Ety/TIN

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶dōmilindē > lōmelinde [dōmilindē] > [lōmilindē] ? [lōmelindē] > [lōmelinde] ✧ SD/302

ᴹQ. morilinde n. “nightingale” (Category: Bird (other))

A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. móre “night” and ᴹQ. linde “song” (Ety/MOR). Q. lómelindë “nightingale” is better attested.

Reference ✧ Ety/MOR ✧ “nightingale”

Elements

móre “blackness, dark, night” ✧ Ety/MOR
linde¹ “air, tune”

Cognates