Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : LEM

ᴹ√LEM root. “stay, stick, adhere, remain, tarry”

ᴹ√LEM root. “stay, stick, adhere, remain, tarry”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stay, stick, adhere, remain, tarry”, with variants ᴹ√LEB and ᴹ√LEM (Ety/LEM), but some of its derivatives can only plausibly be derived from ᴹ√LEM: ᴹQ. lemya- “to remain, tarry” (EtyAC/LEB). Its most notable derivative was Q. Lembi “Lingerers”, but Tolkien’s seems to have abandoned this word and the root may have been abandoned with it. It nevertheless remains useful for the purposes of Neo-Eldarin.

References ✧ Ety/LEB

Glosses

“stay, stick, adhere, remain, tarry” ✧ Ety/LEB (LEB)

Variations

LEM ✧ Ety/LEB
LEB ✧ Ety/LEB

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶lebnā “left behind” ✧ Ety/LEB
- > ᴹQ. lemba “left behind” ✧ Ety/LEB
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Lembi “Those That Lingered” ✧ Ety/LEB
    - ⇒ ᴹQ. Lemberin “*of the Lembi” ✧ LR/171
  - ⇒ Q. Lembi “Lingerers”
    - ⇒ Q. Lemberin “*of the Lembi” ✧ PMI/Lemberi
- > N. Lhevon “Elves remaining behind” ✧ Ety/LEB
> ᴹQ. lemya- “to remain, tarry” ✧ EtyAC/LEB
> ᴹQ. lenda- “to linger” ✧ EtyAC/LEB
> ᴺQ. !lemma “artifact, relic, residue”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !coilemma “fossil, biological artifact/relic”
> ᴺQ. !lemmë “remnant(s), remains, remainders”