-me
From Tolkien Gateway
-më is a Quenya suffix which usually denotes abstract, or at least rather intangible, things.[1]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Isilmë = "moonlight"[source?]
- melmë = "love" ("to love"; MEL)[source?]
- nilmë = "friendship" ("friend"; NIL)[source?]
- telmë = "cover" ("hood"; TEL)[source?]
- qualmë = "agony, death" ("to die in pain"; KWAL)[source?]
References
- ↑ 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
