_1st pl. poss. suff. our.Maybe the excl. form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Earlier -em_. >> -em, -men
Sindarin
main
ordinal. first, (only in the sense of) prime, chief, pre-eminent
main
adjective. prime, chief, pre-eminent
min
adjective. our
mein
ordinal. first, (only in the sense of) prime, chief, pre-eminent
mein Archaic
ordinal. first
mín
adjective. our
mín
pronoun. our
-main
suffix. our
main
chief
(adj.) main (lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, prominent) (VT45:15)
main
prime
main (lenited vain; pl. mîn) (chief, prominent) (VT45:15)
main
prominent
main (lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, chief) (VT45:15)
main
chief
(lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, prominent) (VT45:15)
main
prime
(lenited vain; pl. mîn) (chief, prominent) (VT45:15)
main
prominent
(lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, chief) (VT45:15)
mann
food
(i vann, construct man), pl. main (i main) (VT45:35).
-men
suffix. our
mân
departed spirit
(i vân, construct man), pl. main (i main)
-enc
suffix. our
_1st pl. poss. suff. _our.Maybe the incl. form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46.
minui
ordinal. first
minui
ordinal. first
The ususal Sindarin word for “first” appearing in notes from the late 1960s, replacing more archaic †mein that was a direct cognate of Q. minya “first” (VT42/10, 25). It is a combination of min “one” and the adjectival suffix -ui.
Conceptual Development: The word N. ereg “first” appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s as the initial version of the river-name S. Erui (TI/312). The Etymologies of the 1930s had various rejected words for “first” tied to variations on Firstborn as a title of the Elves: N. edhen “first” under rejected entry ᴹ√EDE or ᴹ√EDEL “precede, come forward” (EtyAC/EDE) and N. seth “first” {>> “forth”} under rejected ᴹ√SET “precede forward” (EtyAC/SET). The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. thegra “first, foremost” related to G. thegor “chief” (GL/72).
ned
noun. first, *one more; first; *during
This word replaced the preposition uin “of the” in the third version of the King’s Letter, appearing in the phrase nelchaenen ned Echuir “the thirty-first day of Stirring”. Both Carl Hostetter (VT31/30) and David Salo (SG/229) theorized that this replacement has a similar prepositional function, from either √NOT “count” or √NED “middle”. Fiona Jallings suggested it might be a temporal preposition, with sense “during” (FJNS/349).
On VT47/40, note 67, Patrick Wynne suggested that this word might be a cognate of the newly published Quenya word net(ë) “one more”. This theory is supported by the most likely interpretation of nelchaenen. This word seems to mean “thirtieth” rather than “thirty-first”, and Patrick Wynne suggested that nelchaenen ned means “thirtieth and one more” = “thirty-first”. I find this theory the most compelling, and use it here.
erui
first
(single, alone). No distinct pl. form. Some would argue that Tolkien abandoned erui as a word for ”first”.
minui
first
- minui (lenited vinui; no distinct pl. form), 2) mîn (lenited vîn; no distinct pl. form) (isolated, towering). Note: homophones include the noun ”peak” and the number ”one”; 3) erui (single, alone). No distinct pl. form. Some would argue that Tolkien abandoned erui as a word for ”first”.
minui
first
(lenited vinui; no distinct pl. form)
mîn
first
(lenited vîn; no distinct pl. form) (isolated, towering). Note: homophones include the noun ”peak” and the number ”one”
vín
our
vín; see WE
vín
our
; see
A word for “prime, chief, pre-eminent” appearing in notes from the late 1960s derived originally from mein < ✶minya “first” but drifting in meaning (VT42/25). The word for “first” became minui.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had adjective G. thegin “leading, chief” related to the noun G. thegor “chief” (GL/72).