Eldamo : Quenya : mína-

Q. mína- v. “to desire to go in some direction, wish to go to a place, make for it; to have some end in view” (Category: Purpose, Intention)

Q. mína-, v. “to desire to go in some direction, wish to go to a place, make for it; to have some end in view” (Category: Purpose, Intention)

A verb in notes associated with the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 glossed “desire to go in some direction, to wish to go to a place, make for it; have some end in view” based the on ancient desiderative ✶meinā (VT39/11).

Reference ✧ VT39/11 ✧ “desire to go in some direction, to wish to go to a place, make for it; have some end in view”

ᴹQ. mena- “to be making for, be on way to” vs. mína- “to desire to go in some direction, wish to go to a place, make for it; to have some end in view”

Element In

ᴺQ. !mínaite “straightforward, (lit.) apt to have some end in view”
ᴺQ. ^mínasta “intention, *goal, destination”

Derivations

< ✶meinā ✧ VT39/11
- < √MEN “go, move, proceed (in any direction); make for, go towards; have as object, (in)tend; direction, object, point moved toward; region” ✧ VT39/11

Phonetic Developments

✶meinā > mína-

[meinā] > [mīnā] > [mīna]

✧ VT39/11