Q. malinornë n. “mallorn, (lit.) golden/yellow tree” (Category: Tree (other))
The usual Quenya name for the mallorn tree, most notably appearing in the Entish phrase Laurelindórenan lindelorendor malinornélion ornemalin (LotR/467; Let/448). It is a combination of malina “yellow, golden colour” and ornë “tree”. In one place Tolkien considered an alternate form maldorne where the initial element was instead derived from primitive ✶malnā with ancient ln becoming ld (PE17/51).
References ✧ Let/448; LotR/467; NM/333; PE17/51, 80; UT/167-168; UTI/malinornë, mallorn
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Inflections
| malinornelion | genitive partitive-plural | “of malinorni” | ✧ PE17/80 |
| malinornélion | genitive partitive-plural; prosodic-lengthening | ✧ Let/448; LotR/467 | |
| malinornélion | genitive partitive-plural; prosodic-lengthening | “of yellow trees” | ✧ PE17/80 |
| malinorni | plural | ✧ NM/333; PE17/80; UT/168; UTI/mallorn |
Elements
| malina | “yellow, of golden colour” | ✧ Let/308; PE17/51 (malda); PE17/51; PE17/80 (mălĭna) |
| ornë | “(tall) tree” | ✧ Let/308; PE17/80 |
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