Eldamo : Quenya : mer-

Q. mer- v. (basic-verb) “to hope” (Category: Hope)

Q. mer-, v. (basic-verb) “to hope, [ᴹQ.] wish, desire, want” (Category: Hope)

References ✧ MS/1

Inflections

merin

“I hope”

✧ MS/1

Element In

ᴺQ. !mermë “wish”
Q. merin sa haryalyë alassë nó vanyalyë Ambarello “I hope that you have happiness before you pass from the world” ✧ MS/1

Derivations

ᴹQ. mer- v. (basic-verb) “to wish, desire, want” (Category: to Desire)

References ✧ Ety/MER; PE22/99, 102-103, 118; PE23/99, 104

Glosses

Variations

men- “to aim at; to wish, mean, intend” was for the sense “wish” replaced by mer- “to wish, desire, want”

Inflections

Element In

ᴹQ. e·merne ataretta tule “he wished his father to come” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. he·meruvar i Túro kárathe “they will wish that T. is (then) making it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. le·mere imma mastō “do you want some bread, any quantity of bread and if so what” ✧ PE23/104
ᴹQ. le·mere kina masta “do you want a little bread? (when little is precise and not partitive)” ✧ PE23/104
ᴹQ. le·mere umma masto? “Do you want some/any bread?” ✧ PE23/99
ᴹQ. le·merne i ni·karnéte “you wished that I had made (lit. made) it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. me·merilte karithe “we wish him to do it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. me·merilte tule “we wish him to come” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. me·merilti karilthi “we wish them to make them (other things)” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. me·merner i Túro kárathe “we wished that Turo was making it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. me·merner i Túro tule “we wished that Turo come” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·karithe “I wish him to do it/that he do(es) it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·tule “I wish him to come/that he come(s)” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·merite karithe “I wish him to do it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·merite tule “I wish him to come” ✧ PE22/118

Derivations

Phonetic Developments