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'''men''' is a [[Quenya]] word that means
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==Quenya==


#(noun) way, place, spot<ref>{{HM|LR}}, ''[[The Etymologies]]''</ref>
'''''men''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "place, spot",<ref name=Ety>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 372</ref> or "way".<ref name=App>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>
#(verb) to go (as far as), arrive<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 47]] p.11</ref>
==Etymology==
[[PQ]] [[root]] [[MEN]]
==Examples==
*''[[nanwen]]'' "return"<ref>[[Parma Eldalamber 17]] p.166</ref>
*''[[omentie]]/[[vomentie]]''
*''[[Menel]]
*''[[Ilmen]]
*''[[Númen]]/[[Formen]]/[[Rómen]]/[[Hyarmen]]
==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"
===Etymology===
*''tenin'' (aorist) "I go"
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], Quenya ''men'' ("place, spot") derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[MEN#Other versions|MEN]].<ref name=Ety/>
*''téna'' (present) "is coming to an end"
*''tenne'' (past + locative) "arrived, reached"  
*''tenuva'' (future) ''will arrive''
*''eténie'' (perfect) "has just arrived"


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===Examples===
[[category:Quenya nouns]]
 
[[category:Quenya verbs]]
*''men'' ("way"): ''[[Númen]]''/''[[Formen]]''/''[[Rómen]]''/''[[Hyarmen]]''<ref name=App/>
 
===See also===
*''[[mene]]'' (aorist) "goes"
 
==Sindarin==
 
'''''men''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "way, road",<ref>{{UT|7}}, note 14</ref><ref>{{UT|Index}}</ref> or "us".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 38</ref>
 
===Examples===
 
*''men'' ("way, road"): ''[[Men-i-Naugrim]]''
*''men'' ("us"): ''[[ammen]]'' ("for us")
==Elvish==
 
'''''men''''' is an [[Elvish]] (no language given)<ref group=note>''men'' could perhaps be related to the root [[MEN]].</ref> word meaning "direction, region".<ref>{{RGEO|Notes}}, p. 72</ref>
 
===Derivatives===
 
*''[[Menel]]''
 
==See also==
*''[[nanwen]]'' ("return")
 
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Latest revision as of 22:03, 19 October 2012

The name Men refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Men (disambiguation).

Quenya[edit | edit source]

men is a Quenya word meaning "place, spot",[1] or "way".[2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

In the Etymologies, Quenya men ("place, spot") derives from the root MEN.[1]

Examples[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

  • mene (aorist) "goes"

Sindarin[edit | edit source]

men is a Sindarin word meaning "way, road",[3][4] or "us".[5]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Elvish[edit | edit source]

men is an Elvish (no language given)[note 1] word meaning "direction, region".[6]

Derivatives[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes

  1. ↑ men could perhaps be related to the root MEN.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 372
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", note 14
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 38
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), p. 72
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