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'''vomentie''' is [[Telerin]] for "meeting (of two)", cognate of the [[Quenya]] ''[[omentië]]''
'''vomentie''' is [[Telerin]] for "meeting (of two)", cognate of the [[Quenya]] ''[[omentie]]''.


It is only attested with a pronominal ending inflected for genitive: [[vomentienguo]] "of our meeting"<ref>[[War of the Jewels]] p. 407</ref>
It is only attested with a pronominal ending inflected for genitive: [[vomentienguo]] "of our meeting".<ref>[[The War of the Jewels|War of the Jewels]] p. 407</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The word contains the prefix ''[[vó-]]''; from this we can isolate ''mentie'', looks like the gerund of a verb *''menta-'', perhaps from the stem [[MEN]] "go" <ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 39]]<ref>.  
The word contains the prefix ''[[vó|vo-]]''.


A vo-ment-ie would then be a "together-go-ing", a going together: two parties meeting.
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Latest revision as of 09:44, 9 November 2012

vomentie is Telerin for "meeting (of two)", cognate of the Quenya omentie.

It is only attested with a pronominal ending inflected for genitive: vomentienguo "of our meeting".[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The word contains the prefix vo-.

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