Eldamo : Quenya : menta-²

Q. menta-² v. (ta-formative) “have as object[ive], (in)tend, proceed, make for, go towards” (Category: Purpose, Intention)

⚠️Q. menta-², v. (ta-formative) “have as object[ive], (in)tend, proceed, make for, go towards” (Category: Purpose, Intention): Q. mína- “to desire to go in some direction, wish to go to a place, make for it; to have some end in view, *intend”

An intransitive ta-formative verb based appearing in notes from around 1950, based on the root √MEN and having the gloss “have as object, (in)tend, proceed, make for, go towards” (PE17/93).

Neo-Quenya: Tolkien often treated Q. menta- as a causative with the sense “send = make go”. I prefer this meaning for menta-, while for “desire/intend to go” I prefer mína-; see those entries for discussion.

References ✧ CPT/1298; PE17/13, 93

Glosses

“begins” ✧ CPT/1298
“have as object, (in)tend, proceed, make for, go towards” ✧ PE17/93

Variations

menta ✧ CPT/1298; PE17/13; PE17/93

mentië “passage, journey, direction of travel” could be the gerund of menta-² “have as object[ive], (in)tend, proceed, make for, go towards”
S. †emēnē- blended from mennē- ✧ PE17/93
S. †emēnē- blended from emēnie ✧ PE17/93

Changes

menē- >> mennē- ✧ PE17/93

Inflections

mennē-	past; strong-past	✧ PE17/93: intransitive
menē-	past; strong-past	✧ PE17/93
emēnie	perfect; strong-perfect	✧ PE17/93: intransitive

Elements

men-	“to go, proceed, move (generally); to come, arrive”	✧ PE17/13
√MEN	“go, move, proceed (in any direction); make for, go towards; have as object, (in)tend; direction, object, point moved toward; region”	✧ PE17/93
✶-tă	“verb suffix (intransitive)”	✧ PE17/93 (used only in the present/aorist)

Element In

Q. ai tó sí ilyama menta hwirya hondoringe fúmenen istarion “alas for now all begins to wither in the breath of cold-hearted wizards” ✧ CPT/1297; CPT/1298
Q. omentië “meeting (of pathways), (lit.) coming together of journey-path, meeting or junction of the directions of two people” ✧ PE17/13