Q. yulma n. “cup, drinking vessel, drinking implement, goblet” (Category: Cup)
A word for “cup” in the Namárië “poem” (LotR/377). Elsewhere Tolkien specified it was a more general term for a “drinking vessel” or “drinking implement”, a derivative of ✶yulmā = √YUL + ✶-mā and hence more literally “a thing used in drinking” (PE17/63, 68, 135; WJ/416).
References ✧ LotR/377; Minor-Doc/2013-05-13; PE17/63, 68, 135, 180; PE21/76; PE22/161; PE23/135; RGEO/58-59; VT21/6; VT49/17; WJ/416
Glosses
Variations
Related
Inflections
| yulmaya | 3rd-sg-poss; colloquial-possessive | “his cup” | ✧ VT49/17 |
| i yulma | definite | ✧ PE21/76 | |
| yulmar | plural | ✧ Minor-Doc/2013-05-13; VT21/6 |
Elements
| yul- | “to drink” | ✧ PE17/63 | |
| -ma | “instrumental” | ||
| ✶-mā | “instrumental suffix” | ✧ PE17/68; PE17/68; PE17/180 | |
| √YUL | “drink” | ✧ PE17/180 | |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √YUL > yulma | [julma] | ✧ PE17/63 |
| ✶julmā > yulma | [julmā] > [julma] | ✧ WJ/416 |