mentië noun "passage, journey, direction of travel" (PE17:13); the elements are men- "go, proceed" + tië "path, road". Not to be confused with the gerund of menta- #1.
Quenya
mentië
noun. passage, journey, direction of travel
mentië
passage, journey, direction of travel
lango
passage
lango (2) noun "passage", especially across or over an obstacle, also "neck" (PE17:92)
A noun meaning “passage, journey, direction of travel”, most notably as an element in omentië “meeting of pathways” (PE17/13). Tolkien considered several etymologies for this noun, one as a combination of men- “go” and tië “path” and another as the gerund of a verb menta-.