Q. omentië n. “meeting (of pathways), (lit.) coming together of journey-path, meeting or junction of the directions of two people” (Category: to Meet)
References ✧ Let/265, 425, 447; LotR/81; PE17/13, 58, 130-131, 135; PE22/168; PE23/128-129; RC/90; WJ/367, 417
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omentielmo | 1st-pl-exclusive-poss genitive | ✧ PE17/130: incorrect form used by Frodo; it should have been -lvo | |
omentielmo | 1st-pl-exclusive-poss genitive | ✧ PE17/131: used incorrectly by Frodo; it should have been the inclusive form | |
omentie(n)lma | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss | ✧ PE17/58 | |
omentienwa | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss | “a star shines upon our meeting” | ✧ PE23/129 |
omentielman | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss dative | “upon our meeting” | ✧ PE23/128 |
omentielmo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | “of our meeting” | ✧ Let/265 |
omentielmo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | “of our meeting” | ✧ Let/447: this is an incorrect form, changed to omentielvo after the 1st printing of The Lord of the Rings [making it inclusive “our” rather than exclusive] |
omentielmo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | “of the meeting of you and me/us” | ✧ PE17/13 |
omentielmo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | ✧ PE23/128; RC/90 | |
omentielmo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | ✧ WJ/417 | |
omentielvo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | ✧ Let/425; RC/90 | |
omentielvo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | “of our meeting” | ✧ Let/447: the corrected form |
omentielvo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | “of our meeting” | ✧ LotR/81 |
omentielvo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | ✧ PE17/131: the correct inclusive form | |
omentielvo | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | “of the meeting of our ways” | ✧ WJ/367 |
omentie(n)nya | 1st-sg-poss | ✧ PE17/58 | |
ómentiendo | genitive | ✧ PE17/58: [Tolkien drops the “d” from this construct on the following page] |
Elements
o- | “together” | ✧ PE17/13; PE17/13; WJ/367 | |
mentië | “passage, journey, direction of travel” | ✧ PE17/13 | |
✶omen- | “to move to a common point, meet” | ✧ PE17/13 (o-men-) | |
-tië | “verbal suffix” | ✧ PE17/13 | |
menta-² | “have as object[ive], (in)tend, proceed, make for, go towards” | ✧ PE17/13 | |
-ië² | “gerund suffix, -ing” | ✧ PE17/13 (ı̯e) | |
men- | “to go, proceed, move (generally); to come, arrive” | ✧ PE17/13 |
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ᴹQ. omentie n. “meeting” (Category: to Meet)
References ✧ PE17/14; RS/324
Changes
Inflections
omentiemman | 1st-pl-exclusive-poss dative | “upon our meeting” | ✧ PE17/14 |
omentienwa | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss | ✧ PE17/14 | |
omentielwan | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss dative | “of our meeting” | ✧ PE17/14 |
omentienwan | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss dative | “of our meeting” | ✧ PE17/14 |
omentiemman | 1st-pl-inclusive-poss genitive | “of our meeting” | ✧ RS/324 |
Elements
o- | “together” |
ᴹ√MEN | “go, proceed; purpose, aim (at), intend; [rejected] place, spot” |
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