maw

/maw/ 6cF

Sense 1

noun
hand
plural maiw
Attested in writing
noun Body

References

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Notes

Archaic word for "hand". Use mâb instead, unless if using for poetry or compounds.

Sense 2

noun
side
plural maiw
Attested in writing
✧✧✧✧✧ Unreviewed
noun side

Etymology

Root: √MAH "handle, manage, control, wield"
Primitive Eldarin: ✶mā

Cognates

quenya

References

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Sources: PE17/162, VT47/6, 18

Notes

This word serves as compound element for "forvo" and "harvo", "right" and "left" sides. So it's implicit it can be used as a sense of "side" as well.