MEN
MEN is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "go", or "move, proceed (in a direction intended by a person)", or "have as object, (in)tend, proceed, make for, go towards, go".
In his notes on a poem in The Road Goes Ever On, Tolkien gave the form men ("direction, region"). It was from this men + el which was invented the Quenya word Menel. It is not known with certainty if men here refers to a Primitive Quendian word (cf. Men (Elvish)#Elvish) or to a root.
Derivatives
- menta ("send, cause to go, (in a desired direction)"
- mēn- ("a way, a going, a mov[ement]")
- See also: Quenya mene ("goes")
Other versions
In the Etymologies appears the root MEN-, with the Quenya derivatives men ("place, spot") and ména ("region").
Referencias
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