ornaadj. (2) “tall, high, lofty” (PE17:112, 186), also orwa
ornënoun "tree" (Letters:308, SD:302: "when smaller and more slender like a birch or rowan", Etym stem ÓR-NI: "tree, high isolated tree"). For the etymology, see Letters:426; for (original) difference in meaning between ornë and alda, see alda. In ornemalin "tree-yellow"; see laurelindórenan lindelorendor... (LotR2:III ch. 4; cf. Letters:308), also as final element in malinornë “yellow-tree, mallorn” (q.v.) Masc. name Ornendil *"Tree-friend" (Appendix A), compound Ornelië “tree-folk” (Quenya name of the Galadhrim, the tree-people of Lórien) (TI:239).
ornemalinadj. “bearing yellow flowers” (PE17:80); this is Entish-style Quenya. See laurelindórenan lindelorendor…