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==Quenya== | |||
'''''men''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "place, spot",<ref name=Ety>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 372</ref> or "way".<ref name=App>{{S|Appendix}}</ref> | |||
{{references}} | ===Etymology=== | ||
[[ | In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], Quenya ''men'' ("place, spot") derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[MEN#Other versions|MEN]].<ref name=Ety/> | ||
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===Examples=== | |||
*''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
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]
- men ("way, road"): Men-i-Naugrim
- men ("us"): ammen ("for us")
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]
- nanwen ("return")
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 372
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", note 14
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index
- ↑ 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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), p. 72