Eldamo : Quenya : mína

Q. mína adj. “desiring to start, eager to go” (Category: Ready)

Q. mína, adj. “desiring to start, eager to go” (Category: Ready)

An adjective in notes associated with the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 glossed “desiring to start, eager to go” based the on ancient desiderative ✶meinā (VT39/11).

Reference ✧ VT39/11 ✧ “desiring to start, eager to go”

ᴺQ. !caira “eager [to do]”

Element In

ᴺQ. !úmína “reluctant (to go)”

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