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men is a Quenya word that means
Etymology
Examples
Other versions
Tolkien first noted the verb as ten, before amending the first consonant. In those notes he pointed the following forms
- tene (aorist) "goes"
- tenin (aorist) "I go"
- téna (present) "is coming to an end"
- tenne (past + locative) "arrived, reached"
- tenuva (future) will arrive
- eténie (perfect) "has just arrived"
