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'''minasse''' is a [[Quenya]] noun meaning "fort, city, with a citadel and central watch-tower"<ref>{{VT|42}} p.24</ref> | '''minasse''' is a [[Quenya]] noun meaning "fort, city, with a citadel and central watch-tower"<ref>{{VT|42}} p.24</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
It derives from [[root]] [[MIN]] "one"<ref>{{ | It derives from [[root]] [[MIN]] "one"<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}} p. 373</ref> and contains the common ending ''[[-asse]]''. | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[minas]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[minas]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Quenya nouns]] | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:57, 9 November 2012
minasse is a Quenya noun meaning "fort, city, with a citadel and central watch-tower"[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
It derives from root MIN "one"[2] and contains the common ending -asse.
Cognates[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001 p.24
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" p. 373
