Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : merillë

ᴺQ. !merillë n. “rose” (Category: Rose)

ᴺQ. !merillë, n. “rose” [created by Tamas Ferencz] (Category: Rose)

A neologism for “rose” coined by Tamas Ferencz, inspired by S. meril of the same meaning.

Cognates

S. meril “rose”

Derivations

< ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive”

ᴹQ. maire n. “*rose” (Category: Rose)

The word {melle >>} maire appears to be a word for “rose” in the untranslated phrase eane sasse maire ma from notes written in the late 1940s (PE23/92), probably meaning “*there was a rose”. Later in the paragraph Tolkien said “t would to Eldar refer to the (red) rose”, with “rose” apparently referring back to maire. The etymology of this word is unclear.

References ✧ PE23/92

Variations

maire ✧ PE23/92
melle ✧ PE23/92

Changes

melle >> maire ✧ PE23/92

Element In

ᴹQ. eane sasse maire ma “*there was a rose” ✧ PE23/92

ᴱQ. losille n. “rose” (Category: Rose)

A variant of ᴱQ. losse “rose” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s (QL/56; PME/56). In later writings lossë was associated with white flowers, not roses.

References ✧ PME/56; QL/56

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