S. mae adv. and adj. “well; excellent, admirable” (Category: Good)

S. mae, adv. and adj. “well; excellent, admirable” (Category: Good)

S. al-² “well, happily”

ᴺS. !gal- “well, blessedly”

References ✧ Let/308; LotR/209; PE17/16-17, 131, 157-158, 162-163, 172

Glosses

• “excellent, admirable” ✧ PE17/163
• “well” ✧ Let/308; PE17/16; PE17/17; PE17/158; PE17/162; PE17/157 (mae)

Element In

• ᴺS. !maedol “welcome”
• S. mae govannen “well met” ✧ Let/308; LotR/209; PE17/16; PE17/17; PE17/157; PE17/158

Cognates

• Q. mai “well” ✧ PE17/162 (†maie); PE17/162 (†maie)
• Q. mai-¹ “excellent, admirable” ✧ PE17/163; PE17/172 (mai)

Derivations

• < √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state” ✧ PE17/162
• < ✶mai “well” ✧ PE17/16 (măgē); PE17/17
  • < maʒĕ < măgē ✧ PE17/16
  • < √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right”
• < √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/162; PE17/163

Phonetic Developments

✶măgē > maʒĕ > mae	[magē] > [mage] > [maɣe] > [mae]	✧ PE17/16
✶mai > mae	[mai] > [mae]	✧ PE17/17

N. mai adv. “well” (Category: Good)

Reference ✧ RS/194 ✧ “well”

Element In

• N. mai govannen “well met” ✧ RS/194

G. mai adv. “well” (Category: Good)

References ✧ GL/20, 52, 56

Glosses

• “well” ✧ GL/52; GL/56

Variations

• mai ✧ GL/20; GL/52; GL/56
• mâ ✧ GL/20
• mâ/mai ✧ GL/56

Related

• mai “well” av. to mora “good” ✧ GL/56
• aul “ill, badly” opposite of mai ✧ GL/20

Changes

• mâ/mai >> mai “well” ✧ GL/56

Element In

• G. en nin·ista mai “I am well aware of that” ✧ GL/52
• G. maimelion “dearly beloved” ✧ GL/56
• G. maivenin “shapely” ✧ GL/56
• G. maiwest “welcome” ✧ GL/56
• G. maiwethrin “welcome” ✧ GL/56

Cognates

• ᴱQ. mande “well”

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MANA “*good (moral)”