G. mavri n. “appetite” (Category: Hunger)
A noun appearing as G. mavri “appetite” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an abstract noun formation based on the early root ᴱ√MAɃA “something nice” (GL/57).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I adapt this word as ᴺS. mavor “appetite”, perhaps an ancient agental formation (“that which likes”) from the Neo-Root ᴺ√MAB.
References ✧ GL/57; LT2A/Mavwin
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| mav- | “to like” |
| #-ri | “abstract noun” |
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