ᴺQ. [ᴹQ.] ^mínasta n. “intention, *goal” (Category: Purpose, Intention)
Elements
| Q. mína- | “to desire to go in some direction, wish to go to a place, make for it; to have some end in view” |
| Q. #-sta² | “verbal noun suffix” |
ᴹQ. meneste n. “intention” (Category: Purpose, Intention)
A noun for “intention” appearing in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 as a combination of the verb [ᴹQ.] men- “intend” and the “general action suffix” -ste (PE22/110).
Neo-Quenya: Tolkien removed the sense “intend” from the verb men-, altering its meaning to “go, proceed” instead (PE22/103 note #20). In Common Eldarin: Verb Structure (EVS2), this general action suffix became -sta (PE22/137 and note #40). I would therefore adapt this noun as ᴺQ. mínasta “intention, *goal” based on the verb mína- “desire to go in some direction”, which I also use as “intend” (VT39/11).
Reference ✧ PE22/110 ✧ “intention”
Elements
| men- | “to wish, mean, intend” | |
| -ste | “general action verbal suffix” | ✧ PE22/110 (-stḗ) |