Eldamo : Quenya : menta-¹

Q. menta-¹ v. (ta-causative) “to send, cause to go (in a desired direction)” (Category: to Send)

Q. menta-¹, v. (ta-causative) “to send, cause to go (in a desired direction)” (Category: to Send): ᴱQ. esta- “to send”

A verb for a “send, cause to go (in a desired direction)” appearing in notes from 1959-60 as a causative form of √MEN “go, move, proceed” (PE17/165; VT41/6). This is probably the most general Quenya verb for “send”, as opposed to tulta- which is “send [for] = cause to come (towards the speaker)”.

References ✧ PE17/165; VT41/6

Glosses

“send, cause to go (in a desired direction)” ✧ PE17/165; VT41/6

Elements

men-	“to go, proceed, move (generally); to come, arrive”
-ta	“causative verb suffix”

Element In

ᴺQ. !atamenta- “to transmit”
ᴺQ. !aumenta- “to dismiss, divorce, (lit.) away-send”
ᴺQ. !etementa- “to banish, send out, (lit.) out-send”
ᴺQ. !nanwenta- “to send back”
Q. #menta “sending, message”

Cognates

ᴺS. !menna- “to send, (lit.) make go”

Derivations

< √MEN “go, move, proceed (in any direction); make for, go towards; have as object, (in)tend; direction, object, point moved toward; region” ✧ PE17/165; VT41/6

Phonetic Developments

√MEN > menta	[menta-]	✧ PE17/165
√men > menta	[menta-]	✧ VT41/6