ᴱQ. mald- v. “to pound, crush” (Category: to Press)
This verb appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants ᴱQ. mald- and mild-, both meaning “pound” and derived from the early root ᴱ√MLŘL [MḶÐḶ] (QL/62). Elsewhere in the document Tolkien said the verb mildi- meant “crush, pound” (QL/63).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain this verb as ᴺQ. malda- “to pound”, but update its derivation to be from the later root ᴹ√MBAL (Ety/MBAL).
References ✧ QL/62-63
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| malde | past | ✧ QL/62; QL/62 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√MLŘL > mald- | [mḹð-] > [malð-] > [mald-] | ✧ QL/62 |
| ᴱ√MLŘL > malde | [mḹðe-] > [malðe-] > [malde-] | ✧ QL/62 |
| ᴱ√MLŘL > mild- | [mḷð-] > [milð-] > [mild-] | ✧ QL/62 |
| ᴱ√MLŘL > malde | [mḹðe-] > [malðe-] > [malde-] | ✧ QL/62 |