Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : MEKE

ᴱ√MEKE root. “*centre; aim”

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. mekta “center”, ᴱQ. mekte- “aim at”, ᴱQ. meqa “middle”, and ᴱQ. met (mekt-) “mark, aim, object” (QL/60). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon it had derivatives like G. mectha “goal, intention” and G. mectha- “aim at; intend, mean” (GL/57). Words for “middle” were derived from √ENED in Tolkien’s later writings, but I think it is worth retaining a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√MEK “aim” to salvage other early “aim” and “goal” words derived from this root.

Reference ✧ QL/60

MEKE “*centre; aim” in the sense “centre” was replaced by √ENED “centre, middle; three”
#SEKE “mid” may be a variant of MEKE “*centre; aim”

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. mekta “centre” ✧ QL/60
- ⇒ ᴱQ. kolmekta “pointed” ✧ QL/47
> ᴱQ. mekte- “to aim at” ✧ QL/60
> ᴱQ. mekte “heart; centre” ✧ QL/60
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Malkamekte “*Heart of Evil”
> ᴱQ. meqa “middle” ✧ QL/60
> ᴱQ. met “mark, aim, object” ✧ QL/60
> ᴱQ. metl “centre” ✧ QL/60
- ⇒ ᴱQ. mekilwa “central” ✧ QL/60
⇒ G. authmeg “midday, high noon”
> G. mectha “goal, intention”
> G. mectha- “to aim at; to intend, mean”
> G. mecthos “meaning”