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<M> MAEDHROS Nelyafinwe (meaning "Finwe third", not equivalent in sense to Sindarin Maedhros. The short form of the name was Nelyo. His mother-name [q.v.], "recorded....though never used in narrative", was Maitimo "well-shaped one". He also had a nickname Russandol "copper-top") -PM:352, 353 MAGIC +ingole (deep lore). In LT1:269, curu is glossed "magic, wizardry", but in Etym the gloss is simply "skill". MAGIC (adj.) sairina -NGOL, GL:72 MAGLOR Canafinwe, short form Cano (not equivalent in sense to his Sindarin name, which is the cognate of his "mother-name" Macalaure, "recorded...though never used in narrative"). -PM:352, 353 MAID, MAIDEN wende, vende (the latter is probably the later [MET] form), also short form wen pl. wendi (girl). In compounds -wen, e.g. Nerwen "Man-maiden" (prob. *-wend-) MAIDENHOOD wendele -WEN, LT1:271/273/Silm:439 MAKE carin ("I make, build", 1. pers. aorist. The same verb is translated "form" in WJ:391: i carir quettar, "those who form words". According to Etym the past tense is carne, but both FS and SD:246 have care. Past participle #carna *"made" is attested in Vincarna *"newly-made" in MR:305.) MAKING carme (glossed "art" in UT:396 and is also translated "production", but cf. the following:) NAME-MAKING Essecarme (an Eldarin seremony in which the father of a child announces its name.) -KAR, WJ:391, MR:214 MALE (noun) hanu (male of Men/Elves or animals); MALE (adj) hanwa -3AN, INI MAN ner (ner-) (#ner as the final element in compounds, as in veaner and uner, see below), veo (-we as final element in compounds); (ADULT) MAN veaner; MANLY vea (adult, vigorous); MANHOOD vie (vigour); MAN-SPEARHEAD (a wedge-formation of soldiers) nernehta, NOMAN uner (All these words can apparently be used of adult males of any sentient race. For "Men" in the sence "humans", see MORTALS, FOLLOWERS.) -DER, WEG, UT:282, UT:211 MANY limbe, lin- (prefix: by assimilation it becomes lil- before l, as in lillassea "having many leaves"; before m, r, s it would similarly become *lim-, *lir-, *lis-). -LT2:342, LI, Plotz letter MAR #hasta- (verb stem isolated from the past participle hastaina, see below); MARRED hastaina (Arda Marred = Arda Hastaina); UNMARRED alahasta -MR:255, 254 MARBLE alast- (sic - some ending is obviously required, e.g. *alasta) -GL:39 MARCH Sulime -LotR:1144/Silm:437 (not capitalized in the latter source) MARINER ciryamo, (professional mariner:) earendur, Earendilyon ("son of Earendil [used of any mariner]", prob. *Earendilyond-) -UT:8, Letters:386, LT1:250 MARK (in writing) tehta- (sign, diacritic) (In LotR:1155, this word is applied to the supralinear vowel-signs of Feanorian writing, and pl tehtar is attested.) sarat (pl. sarati is attested), originally [MET] a word used of "a 'letter' or any individual significant mark", but after the invention of the Tengwar primarily used of the earlier Rumilian letters. TINY MARK tixe (dot, point) -TEK, TIK, WJ:396 MARS Carnil -Basic Quenya:24, cf. Silm:55 MAST ferna (beechnuts), tyulma -PHER, TYUL/SD:419 MASTER (noun) heru (lor d), #tur (cf. Feanturi "Masters of Spirits", a name of the Valar Mandos and Irmo). MASTER OF DOOM Turambar, MASTER OF DESIRE Irmo (lit. "Desirer", the name of a Vala); MASTERY ture (victory); MASTERED #turuna (only the form turun', with the final *-a elided, is attested. Silm:269 has turun instead of turun' - the accent and he elision mark seem to have been omitted.) -KHER, TUR/UT:438, Silm:261/269/423, 405, UT:138 MATRIMONY vesta -BES MATTER (basic matter:) erma; PHYSICAL MATTER orma, hroa (the latter is also used = "body") -MR:338, 218, 216 MAVWIN Mavoine -LT2:345 MAY Lotesse (In LT1:252/254, the word for May is Kalainis, but this is hardly a valid word in mature Quenya.) -LotR:1144 ME The ending -n, attested only as subject, may be employed: *Utuvielyen, "thou (-lye-) hast found me (-n)". It has been theorized that ni is the independent word for "me", but actually it seems to be a non-emphatic word for "I" (so in Arct; contrast the emphatic inye; see "I"). Tye "thee" may point to something like *nye as the independent word for "me", but such extrapolations are uncertain. Case endings may be added to ni, e.g. dative nin "for me" (Nam). MEADOW - LT1:267 (GL:39) has laire, but this has already two different meanings in mature Quenya ("summer" and "poem"), so it is somewhat doubtful whether this word from Tolkien's earliest linguistic constructions is valid in later Quenya. MEAL pore (flour) -POR MEAN faica (contemptible) -SPAY MEASURE #lesta (only attested in instrumental form lestanen "in measure". Note: #lesta also means "girdle".) -FS MEAT apsa (cooked food) -AP MEED miruvore (nectar, drink of the Valar) -NAM, RGEO:66, 69, LT1:261 MEETING (junction of the direction of two persons or groups:) omentie, (of three or more coming from different directions:) yomenie -WJ:367, 407, LotR:94 MELIAN Melyanna ("dear gift", evidently melya + anna) -Silm:434 MELODY lin (lind-) (musical sound), MELODIOUS lindelea -LT1:258, cf. LotR:488 and Letters:308 MEN see MAN or MORTALS, FOLLOWERS MERCURY (the planet, not the metal) Elemmire -Basic Quenya:24 MERCHILD oar (child of the sea), MERMAID oaris (oarits-), oarwen (prob. *oarwend-) (so in LT1:263 - read earis, earwen in mature Quenya?) MERRIMENT alasse (joy) -GALAS MESH rembe -LotR:1149 METAL tinco, rauta -TINKO/LotR:1157, RAUTA MEWING miule (whining) MICKLEBURG Turosto (Belegost) -WJ:389 MIDDLE (noun) ende (core, centre); MIDDLE (prob. adj) enya, endya (In Noldorin Quenya, enya would be the natural form - endya looks like Vanyarin Quenya. Cf. the name of the language itself in the two dialects, Quenya vs. Quendya.) MIDDLE-DAY #endere (only pl enderi is attested; for sg #endere cf. yestare, mettare, the first and the last day of the year. The "middle-days" were three days inserted between the months of yavie and quelle in the Calendar of Imladris.) -ENED, cf. WJ:361, LotR:1142 MIDDLE-EARTH Endore, Endor (defined as "centre of the world" under ENED; allative form Endorenna is attested in LotR. Other names are also glossed "Middle-earth": Ambarenya, Endamar; see also EAST) -LotR:1003, ENED, MBAR MIGHTY taura, poldorea (a title of Tulkas); MIGHTY-RISING Melkore (> Melkor) (uprising of Power), THE MIGHTY Melko (an alternative form of Melkor, derived from an unattested adjective *melka, *melca "mighty", with connotations of violence.) -TUR, LT1:264/GL:64, MR:350 MILCH COW yaxe. (An alternative form yaxi, glossed "cow", looks like a plural in mature Quenya.) -GL:36 MIND indo (heart, mood), (inner mind:) ore (heart) (Note: a homonym means "rising"); MIND-MOOD inwisti -MR:216, LotR:1157, MR:229 MINISTER arandur (king's servant, steward) -Letters:386, UT:313 MISERY angayasse -LT1:249 MIST hisie (?), hise (?) (fog. Note: a homonym means "dusk". For "mist" use hisie, the form occurring in LotR.) -Nam/RGEO:67, KHIS MOAT see WALL AND MOAT MOCKING yaiwe (scorn) -YAY MOIST nite (dewy) -NEI MOLE noldare, nolpa -GL:30 MONSTER ulundo, uvanimo (creature of Melkor. In LT1:236, Uvanimor are said to be "monsters, giants, and ogres". See also ORC.) -ULUG, BAN/LT1:272 MONTH #asta (only pl astar is attested) -LotR:1142 MOOD indo (heart, mind) -ID MOON Isil (-S-), Rana (so in Silm and UT; Etym has Rana with a short a), CRESCENT MOON cu (bow), MOONLIGHT isilme -I/THIL/LotR:1148, Silm:436/UT:242, RAN, LT1:271, MC:222, 223 MORE yonta (In GL:37, this word is followed by a hyphen: yonta-. Does this indicate that it can be used as a comparative prefix? E.g. yonta "fair", *yontavanya "fairer"???) MORGOTH Moringotto (the oldest [MET] form was Moringotho, but it should not be used by writers writing in Third Age Quenya) (Black Foe) -MR:194 MORN (early) artuile, tuile (the latter is also used in the sense "springtime") -TUY MORNING (noun) arin (LT1:254 gives cale, but this word means "light" in later writings), MORNING (used as adj?) arinya (early) -AR1 MORTAL firima (pl. Firimar is attested, lit. "those apt to die", WJ:387), Firya (pl. Firyar is attested); MORTAL MAN fire (pl firi is given but seems perfectly regular) -PHIR, WJ:387 MOTHER amil, amme, (hypocoristic, = *"mom":) nana. MOTHER-NAME (OF INSIGHT) #amilesse (tercenya) (i.e., names given by Elvish mothers to their children, indicating some dominant feature of the nature of the child as perceived by its mother. Only pl amilessi tercenye is attested.) -AM1, NAN, MR:217 MOUND coron, hahta (pile), cumbe (heap), tundo (hill) -Sil:429, KHAG, KUB, TUN MOUNTAIN oron (pl oronti) (also used = "mount", e.g. Oron Oiolosse "Mount Everwhite"), MOUNTAIN-PEAK aicasse; MOUNTAIN-TOP orto; MOUNTAIN PASS falqua (cleft, ravine), MOUNTAIN-DWELLING (adj) orofarne (pl? Sg *orofarna?) -OROT/WJ:403, AYAK, LT2:341, LotR:505 cf. Letters:224 MOUTH anto, pe, assa (hole, opening, perforation), MOUTH OF RIVER etsir -LotR:1157, PEG, GAS, ET MOVE (intr., of large and heavy things:) ruma- (part. rumala is attested) (shift, heave) -MC:223, 222 MURK hui (fog, dark, night), MURKY huiva -LT1:253 MURMUR nurru- (grumble) -MC:223 MUSCLE tuo (sinew, strength) -TUG MUSIC #lindale (isolated from Ainulindale "The Music of the Ainur"; Etym and LT1:258 has lindele; the latter is also glossed "song".) -Silm:378, LIN MY -nya (possessive suffix, e.g. *aldanya "my tree". An i seems to be inserted between the ending and the noun when the latter ends in a consonant: atarinya "my father" (LR:61). If the last consonant(s) of the noun is/are n or the cluster nd, a contracted form may be used in vocatives: hinya "my child" (for hinanya, WJ:403), yonya "my son" (for *yondonya, LR:61).
