ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] ^malima adj. “ripe, mature [of plants]” (Category: Ready)
Elements
| √MAL | “gold” |
| Q. -ima | “-able, possibility” |
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Cognates
ᴱQ. marin(a) adj. “ripe, mature” (Category: Ready)
An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. marin(a) in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “ripe, mature” based on the early root ᴱ√MARA¹ “ripe, yellow” (QL/59, 63). This early root was related to ᴱ√MALA² “yellow” (QL/63).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would update this verb to ᴺQ. malima “ripe, mature [of plants]”, assuming the Elves associated ripeness with the colour yellow (Q. malina). The neologism malima is based on the root √MAL for yellow and gold words, combined with -ima which as a general adjective suffix means “having a (strong) nature of”; compare calima “bright” and vanima “beautiful”.
Reference ✧ QL/59 ✧ “ripe, mature”
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Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√MARA¹ > marin(a) | [marinā] > [marina] | ✧ QL/59 |