ᴱQ. (a)malda adj. “tender, soft, kind, gentle” (Category: Soft)

⚠️ᴱQ. (a)malda, adj. “tender, soft, kind, gentle” (Category: Soft)

ᴺQ. moica “soft, gentle”

ᴹQ. milya “soft, gentle, weak”

References ✧ PME/62; QL/30, 58, 62; VT40/8

Glosses

• “soft, kind, gentle” ✧ QL/30 (amalda)
• “tender” ✧ PME/62; QL/58 (amalda); QL/62 (malda)

Variations

• (a)malda ✧ PME/62
• amalda ✧ QL/30; QL/58; QL/62
• malda ✧ QL/62

Inflections

amaldar

plural

✧ VT40/8

Element In

• ᴱQ. ómalingwe lir’ amaldar “*sang a gentle tune with many voices” ✧ VT40/8

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MALA¹ “crush, squeeze, pulp” ✧ QL/58
• < ᴱ√MḶÐḶ “crush, pound” ✧ QL/62 (MLŘL)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MLŘL > malda

[mḹðā] > [mḹða] > [malða] > [malda]

✧ QL/62