Q. málimë (málimi-) n. “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” (Category: Hand (other))
A word for “wrist” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, a combination of má “hand” and limë “link”, hence “(lit.) hand-link” (VT47/6).
Conceptual Development: There was a similar word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s: ᴱQ. marikta “wrist”, a combination of suffixal ᴱQ. má “hand(s)” and some derivative of the early root ᴱ√RIKI “*twist” (QL/57, 80), perhaps “*hand-joint”.
Reference ✧ VT47/6 ✧ málime “wrist, (lit.) hand-link”
Related
Elements
| má | “hand” | ✧ VT47/6 |
| #limë | “link” | ✧ VT47/6 (#lime) |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶mā-limi > málime | [mālimi] > [mālime] | ✧ VT47/6 |