Q. lómelindë n. “nightingale, (lit.) dusk-singer” (Category: Bird (other))
The Quenya word for “nightingale”, a combination of Q. lómë “night” and Q. lindë “song”, more literally “dusk-singer” (MR/172).
Conceptual Development: The word ᴹQ. lómelinde appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/DOƷ, LIN², TIN).
References ✧ MR/172, 471; S/55; SA/dú, lin², lómë; SI/lómelindi
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| lómelindi | plural | “dusk-singers, nightingales” | ✧ MR/172; MR/471; SI/lómelindi |
| lómelindi | plural | ✧ S/55; SA/lin²; SA/lómë |
Elements
| lómë | “night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness” | ✧ SA/dú; SA/lómë | |
| #lindë | “singing, song, musical sound” | ||
| √LIN² | “sing, make a musical sound” | ✧ SA/lin² | |
Cognates
ᴹQ. lómelinde n. “nightingale” (Category: Bird (other))
References ✧ Ety/DOƷ, LIN², TIN; LR/41; SD/302
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| lóme | “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” | ✧ Ety/DOƷ; LR/41 (lōmë); SD/302 (lōme) | |
| linde¹ | “air, tune” | ✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN (#linde) | |
| ᴹ√DOM | “faint, dim” | ✧ Ety/TIN | |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶dōmilindē > lōmelinde | [dōmilindē] > [lōmilindē] ? [lōmelindē] > [lōmelinde] | ✧ SD/302 |
ᴹQ. morilinde n. “nightingale” (Category: Bird (other))
A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. móre “night” and ᴹQ. linde “song” (Ety/MOR). Q. lómelindë “nightingale” is better attested.
Reference ✧ Ety/MOR ✧ “nightingale”
Elements
| móre | “blackness, dark, night” | ✧ Ety/MOR |
| linde¹ | “air, tune” |
Cognates