Eldamo : Quenya : formaitë

Q. #formaitë adj. “righthanded” (Category: Right (vs. Left))

Q. #formaitë, adj. “righthanded; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] dexterous” (Category: Right (vs. Left))

A word for “righthanded” (VT49/11; Ety/PHOR), a combination of for- “right” and maitë “handed”. In The Etymologies of the 1930s it also meant “dexterous” (Ety/PHOR), but this was before Tolkien decided Elves where ambidextrous and equally skilled with both hands.

Reference ✧ VT49/11

Elements

for-	“right-hand, north”
maitë	“handy, skillful; having a hand, handed; shapely”

Element In

Q. ataformaitë “ambidextrous” ✧ VT49/11

ᴹQ. formaite adj. “righthanded, dexterous” (Category: Right (vs. Left))

See Q. #formaitë for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/PHOR ✧ “righthanded, dexterous”

Elements

forya	“right [hand], dexter”	✧ Ety/PHOR
maite	“handy, skilled”

ᴹ√MAƷ	“hand”	✧ Ety/PHOR

Cognates

N. forgam “righthanded” ✧ Ety/PHOR