Eldamo : Quenya : amya

Q. amya n. “mummy, (orig.) my mother” (Category: Mother)

Q. amya, n. “mummy, (orig.) my mother” (Category: Mother): Q. mamil “*mummy”

An affectionate word used by a child to address his or her mother (PE17/170), also appearing as emya (VT47/10; VT48/6, 19) along with other variants like amye or amilye (VT47/26-27, 32). It is a reduction of the possessive form: amilinya “my mother”. See amil(lë) “mother” for a discussion of the am-/em- variation.

References ✧ PE17/170; VT47/10, 26-27, 32; VT48/6, 19

Glosses

“mother” ✧ VT48/6 (emya)
“mummy” ✧ VT47/10 (emya)
“my mother” ✧ PE17/170; VT48/19 (emya)

Variations

amya ✧ PE17/170
emya ✧ VT47/10; VT47/26; VT47/26; VT48/6; VT48/19
(a)milye ✧ VT47/26
amilye ✧ VT47/27
amye ✧ VT47/32

emya is a reduction of em(en)ya ✧ VT47/26
emya [is likely derived from] emil(inya) ✧ VT47/26

Changes

(a)milye >> emya “mummy” ✧ VT47/26

Elements

amil(lë)	“mother”
-nya	“my”

√AM¹	“mother”	✧ VT48/19 (em)