Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : MAɃA

ᴱ√MAɃA root. “something nice”

⚠️ᴱ√MAɃA root. “something nice”: ^ᴺ√MAB “something nice”

A root given as maƀ or mam in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “something nice”, with derivatives like G. mab(a) “mother”, G. mam “grandmother”, G. mav- “like”, and G. mavri “appetite” (GL/57). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth positing a Neo-Sindarin root ᴺ√MAB to salvage some of these early words.

References ✧ GL/57

Glosses

“something nice” ✧ GL/57 (maƀ)

Variations

maƀ ✧ GL/57
mam ✧ GL/57

Derivatives

> G. mab(a) “mother” ✧ GL/57
> G. mam “grandmother, mother” ✧ GL/57
> G. maus “pleasure; pleasant taste, pleasant” ✧ GL/57
> G. mav- “to like” ✧ GL/57
- ⇒ G. mavri “appetite”
  - ⇒ [see above]
> G. mavra “eager after” ✧ GL/57
> G. mavri “appetite” ✧ GL/57
- ⇒ G. mavrin “delectable, delightful, desireable” ✧ GL/57; LT2A/Mavwin
> G. mavrog “eager” ✧ GL/57
> G. mavros “desire, eager longing” ✧ GL/57
> G. mavwin¹ “ancestress, †mother” ✧ GL/57
> G. mavwin² “wish” ✧ GL/57
- ⇒ G. Mavwin ✧ LT2A/Mavwin