N. hmâl n. “pollen, yellow powder” (Category: Flower (other))
A noun appearing as N. {mâl >>} hmâl “pollen, yellow powder” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” (Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL).
Neo-Sindarin: In the 1930s Tolkien vacillated on whether voiceless initial nasals were a feature of Noldorin, but he abandoned them in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, for example with ✶snagdē > S. naedh “wound” (PE19/91). Thus, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. mâl “pollen, yellow powder” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.
References ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| meil | plural | ✧ Ety/SMAL |
| mely | plural | ✧ Ety/SMAL |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ON. malo > mâl | [malo] > [mal] > [māl] | ✧ Ety/SMAL |
| ON. malo > meil | [mali] > [meli] > [meil] | ✧ Ety/SMAL |
| ON. malui > mely | [malui] > [melui] > [mely] | ✧ Ety/SMAL |
| ON. smalo > hmâl | [smalo] > [m̥alo] > [m̥al] > [m̥āl] | ✧ EtyAC/SMAL |