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Quenya

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

Etymology

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Sindarin

men is a Sindarin word meaning "way, road".[2][3]

Examples

Elvish

men is an Elvish (no language given)[note 1] word meaning "direction, region".[4]

Derivatives

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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. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", note 14
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index
  4. ↑ 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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