Qenya
masse
adverb. where
masse
noun. handful, share, just portion (in distribution), measure or capacity (of a person)
masse i·lótin nóloa?
where are the flowers of yesteryear?
masse lante veleriande, masse láta sí?
where did Beleriand lie, where lies it now?
masse le enta/enar/elloa?
where (will) you be then (fut.)/tomorrow/next year?
masse akime aldar
where are the trees (to be found)
ma
adverb. interrogative particle
masta
noun. bread
má
noun. land, region
A correlatives meaning “where” appearing in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/111), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and the locative suffix ᴹQ. -sse. It also appeared in several places in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from this same period (PE22/124-126). In DRC, it had a longer variant manas(se) based on mana “what” (PE23/111).