minasse is a Quenya noun meaning "fort, city, with a citadel and central watch-tower"[1]
Etymology
It derives from root MIN "one"[2] and contains the common ending -asse.
Cognates
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