Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : maha

†✶maha n. “hand, the manager”

†✶maha n. “hand, the manager”

References ✧ PE19/74, 102, 106; VT47/6-7, 18, 35

Glosses

“hand” ✧ PE19/106 (māʒ); VT47/6 (maʒa)
“the manager‽” ✧ VT47/18 (māʒ(ă)); VT47/18 (māʒa)

Variations

maha ✧ PE19/102
mā̆ha ✧ PE19/74
māʒ ✧ PE19/106
maʒa ✧ VT47/6; VT47/7; VT47/35
māʒ(ă) ✧ VT47/18
māʒa ✧ VT47/18
māga ✧ VT47/18

maʒa “hand” may have been related to MAGA “good” ✧ VT47/6

Changes

māʒa “the manager‽” >> māga ✧ VT47/18

Derivations

< √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state” ✧ VT47/18
< √MAH “handle, manage, control, wield; serve, be of use” ✧ VT47/18 (maʒ); VT47/18 (maʒ)

Derivatives

> ✶mā “hand” ✧ PE19/74; PE19/102; VT47/6; VT47/7; VT47/35
- ⇒ ✶makwā “a hand-full, complete hand with all five fingers” ✧ VT47/7
  - > Q. maqua “hand-full, group of five (similar) things; hand (colloquial); closing or closed [hand] (facing down) for taking” ✧ VT47/6; VT47/7; VT47/19
    - ⇒ Q. maquanotië “decimal system”
  - > S. mâb “hand” ✧ VT47/6; VT47/7; VT47/19
    - ⇒ ᴺS. ^mablanthos “sycamore”
    - ⇒ ᴺS. ^mabren “handed, having hands, dextrous”
      - ⇒ ᴺS. ^mabrenas “dexterity”
    - ⇒ S. Mablung “Heavy Hand” ✧ VT47/8
  - > T. mapa “hand” ✧ VT47/6; VT47/7; VT47/19
    - > T. mapa- “to take hold of, grasp” ✧ VT47/7
- ⇒ ✶mā-limi “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/6
  - > Q. málimë “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/6
  - > S. molif “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/6
  - > T. málimë “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/6
- > Q. má “hand” ✧ PE19/102; VT47/6
  - ⇒ 13 compounds
- > S. †maw “hand” ✧ VT47/6
  - ⇒ 5 compounds
- > T. †má¹ “hand” ✧ VT47/6
  - ⇒ T. forma “right-hand” ✧ VT47/6
  - ⇒ T. málimë “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/6
  - ⇒ T. þarma “left-hand” ✧ VT47/6
> Q. má “hand” ✧ PE19/106; VT47/18
- ⇒ 13 compounds
> Q. mahta- “to handle, wield, use, make use of; to manage, deal with, treat, control” ✧ PE19/74
- ⇒ 5 compounds
> Q. massë² “handful, portion, share, capacity; the personal measure or capacity of a man, a talent” ✧ PE19/74