ᴹQ. mára adj. “good (of things), useful, fit” (Category: Good)

References ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; EtyAC/MAƷ; LR/72; PE19/46; PE22/119, 123

Glosses

• “(a) good (thing)” ✧ PE22/119
• “good” ✧ PE22/123 (mára); EtyAC/MAƷ (māra)
• “useful, fit, good (of things)” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG

Variations

• mára ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; PE19/46; PE22/119; PE22/123 (mára)
• māra ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ

Related

• alwara “useless, *worthless” might be an abnormal mutation of mára “good (of things), useful, fit”

Inflections

márie

stative

“it is good”

✧ LR/72

Element In

• ᴹQ. Máraher “Good Steward”
• ᴹQ. matie ye mára “eating is (a) good (thing)” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. Melko Mardello lende: márie “Melko has gone from Earth: it is good.” ✧ LR/72
• ᴹQ. mólome mára poldóreain “hard work (is) good for the strong-bodied” ✧ PE22/123

Cognates

• N. maer “useful, fit, good (of things)” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG

Derivations

• < ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ (MAG)
• < ᴹ✶magrā “useful, fit, good (of things)” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; PE19/46 (magra)
  • < ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶magrā > mára	[magrā] > [maɣrā] > [mārā] > [māra]	✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG
ᴹ✶magra > mára	[magra] > [maɣra] > [māra]	✧ PE19/46

ᴱQ. mára¹ adj. “mighty, power[ful], doughty; good, excellent, useful (of things)” (Category: Good)

References ✧ GG/10; LFC/30; PE13/122, 125; PE14/48, 81; PE15/32, 73; PE16/137, 140-141; QL/57

Glosses

• “*good” ✧ PE15/32 (māra)
• “good” ✧ GG/10 (māra); LFC/30; PE16/137
• “good (not bad)” ✧ PE14/48 (măra); PE14/81 (mara)
• “good, excellent, useful, not bad” ✧ PE15/73 (mara)
• “mighty, power, doughty; (of things) good, useful” ✧ QL/57 (māra)

Variations

• Mára ✧ LFC/30; PE16/137; PE16/140
• māra ✧ GG/10; PE13/122; PE15/32; QL/57
• mā-ra ✧ PE13/125
• măra ✧ PE14/48
• mara ✧ PE14/81; PE15/73

Inflections

maite	augmentative		✧ PE13/125
malda	augmentative		✧ PE15/73
māre	plural	“*good”	✧ PE15/32; PE15/32
márea	stative	“is good”	✧ PE16/140
maranye	stative-past		✧ PE16/141
meante	superlative		✧ PE13/125

Element In

• ᴱQ. i limbelu tuktalla nai mára “*the long search may be good” ✧ PE15/32
• ᴱQ. mal “better, best” ✧ PE14/81
• ᴱQ. malda¹ “better, best” ✧ PE14/81
• ᴱQ. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/30
• ᴱQ. néri ur natsi nostalen máre “*men are not beings good by nature” ✧ PE15/32
• ᴱQ. nostalen mára “good by nature” ✧ GG/10
• ᴱQ. qentien no máre nar i hondor “*than good, I said, are the hearts” ✧ PE15/32

Cognates

• ᴱN. maur “good” ✧ PE13/122 (môr); PE13/125 (môr)
• G. mora “good”

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ QL/57

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MAHA > māra

[maxrā] > [maxra] > [maɣra] > [māra]

✧ QL/57