Name of the first Wednesday in the Valinorean fortnight (PE14/22), a combination of the god-name Fantur and sana “day”.
Quenya
menelya
noun. *Wednesday, Heavens-day
Cognates
- S. Ormenel “*Heavens-day, Wednesday” ✧ LotR/1110
Elements
Word Gloss menel “the heavens, firmament, sky” -ya “adjective suffix”
@@@ per Elaran, a “false compound”, originally an apositional genitive Aur Menel, which explains the lack of mutation