mindë

turret

mindë noun "turret" (VT42:24)

mindë

noun. turret

mindon

(great, lofty) tower

mindon noun "(great, lofty) tower", said to be an augmented form of mindë (VT42:24). Allative pl. mindoninnar in Markirya, changed to the contracted form mindonnar. Cf. also Mindon Eldaliéva "Lofty Tower of the Eldalië" (Silm)

minyar

collective name. Firsts (original clan name of the Vanyar)

The original name of the Vanyar as first tribe of the Elves (WJ/380), a name they sometimes still used to refer to themselves (WJ/382). This name is simply the adjective minya “first” used as a plural noun.