mên (i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (way), pl. mîn (i mîn). Cf. also:
Sindarin
imrath
valley
mên
road
mên
road
(i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (way), pl. mîn (i mîn). Cf. also:
Adûnaic
batân
noun. road, path, way
A noun variously translated as “road”, “path” or “way” (SD/247, 431; VT24/12) and fully declined on SD/431. This noun also appears in the variant strong-plural form batîn that was sometimes used with Weak I nouns in older and poetic writing (SD/247, 435). Its ordinary weak plural form batânî appears in the declension chart on SD/431. Several authors have suggested (AAD/13, EotAL/BAT) that this noun may be a derivative of the Elvish root ᴹ√BAT “tread” (Ety/BAT). If so, its final element may be the agental suffix -ân, and its initial element may be a verb ✱bat- “walk”, so that the literal sense of the word might be “✱walkway”.
Element in
- Ad. adûn izindi batân tâidô ayadda “[the] road west once went straight, (lit.) west straight road once went” ✧ SD/247
- Ad. adūn batān akhaini ezendi “West road lay straight” ✧ SD/312
- Ad. îdô katha batîna lôkhî “now all ways (are) bent” ✧ SD/247
- Ad. īdō kathī batānī rōkhī-nam “lo! now all ways bent-are” ✧ SD/312
Elements
Word Gloss bat- “to walk” -ân “agental suffix” Variations
- batān ✧ SD/247; SD/312; SD/431
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Early Quenya
vasta
noun. road
Cognates
- G.
baith“way, road, journey”Derivations
- ᴱ√VAHA “*depart, travel” ✧ QL/099
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VAHA > vasta- [βastā] > [βasta] > [vasta] ✧ QL/099 Variations
- vasta- ✧ QL/099
(pl. imraith)