mentë noun "point, end" (MET)
Quenya
cendë
point
cendë
noun. point
Element in
- Q. pirucendëa “on the point of her toes” ✧ PE16/096
Variations
- cende ✧ PE16/096
mentë
point, end
tilma
noun. point
Sindarin
-il
point
aeg
noun. point
The adjective oeg "sharp, pointed, piercing" from Ety/349 is perhaps rejected: Tolkien later decided that no cognate of Quenya aica "fell, terrible, dire" was used in Sindarin, "though aeg would have been its form if it had occurred" (PM/347). On the other hand, we have words such as aeglos and aeglir , so there must be a noun aeg "point"
til
point
aeg
point
1) aeg (peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) naith (spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form. 3) nass (sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais. 4)
aeg
point
(peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing".
ecthel
spear point
(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”
ment
point
(at the end of a thing) ment (i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath.
ment
point
(i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath**. **
naith
point
(spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form.
nass
point
(sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.
nasta
point
(verb) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)
nasta
point
(i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)
rafn
extended point at the side
(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn).
thela
spear point
(-thel), pl. ?thili, 3) aith; no distinct pl. form.
till
point
till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild. 5)
till
point
(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild. 5)
Nandorin
snǣs
noun. spear-head, point, gore, triangle
Original form not entirely clear; the stem is SNAS/SNAT (LR:387), not defined but evidently to be understood as a strengthened form of NAS "point, sharp end" (LR:374). A primitive plural form natsai is mentioned under SNAS/SNAT; snǣs may derive from something like snatsâ via snats, *snas. The shift of original a to long ǣ (presumably the same vowel as in English cat, but longer) is found in this word only, but there are several examples of e from a, see spenna, scella. Perhaps a became ǣ in stressed monosyllables where there was no following consonant cluster (as in nand).
Primitive elvish
teb
root. hate, dislike
Derivatives
Noldorin
ecthel
noun. point (of spear)
egnas
noun. sharp point
egnas
noun. peak
egthel
noun. point (of spear)
ment
noun. point
ment
noun. point
Cognates
- ᴹQ. mente “point, end, point, end; [ᴱQ.] peak, tip” ✧ Ety/MET
Derivations
- ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET
Element in
- N. Mornvenniath “Black Mountains”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MET > ment [mente] > [mentʰe] > [menθe] > [menθ] > [ment] ✧ Ety/MET
nass
noun. point, (sharp) end
nass
noun. angle or corner
thela
noun. point (of spear)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Gnomish
teb
noun. point, nib, neb, nose
eg
noun. point
Derivations
- ᴱ√EKE “*point”
Element in
- G. egli(n) “needle” ✧ GL/32
Variations
- ĕg ✧ GL/31
Early Primitive Elvish
nele
root. point
Derivatives
þṇkṇ
root. *hate
A variant root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given under the entry for ᴱ√SṆKṆ “rend, tear” with which it was confused, but having derivatives like ᴱQ. sanka⁽⁾ “hate, fierce hatred” and ᴱQ. sanke “hateful” (QL/85). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, words like G. thanc “loathing, hatred” and G. thancol “loathsome” were probably related (GL/72). But the Gnomish Lexicon also had a base form sag- with derivatives like G. sactha- “fight” and G. sagruith “hatred; revenge”, which could represent another variant ✱ᴱ√SAKA (GL/66); in the Qenya Lexicon it seems ᴱ√SAKA = “✱search” (QL/81). Some of the derivatives of Gnomish sag-, such as G. sanc “jag, tooth”, seem to be connected to ᴱ√SṆKṆ “rend, tear” instead. There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Derivatives
Variations
- sag- ✧ GL/66
- þṇkṇ ✧ QL/085
cendë noun "point" (PE16:96)