omentie

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omentie is a Quenya word meaning "meeting (of pathways)".^[1]

Etymology

o- ("together") + mentië ("passage, journey")^[1]^[2]

Forms

omentielvo ("of our meeting")^[1]^[2]^{[note 1]}

Examples

Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo ("A star shines on the hour of our meeting")

Notes

↑ In the first edition of The Lord of the Rings, and in an early letter, Tolkien used the form omentielmo (amended to omentielvo in the second edition).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 13
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 367

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Quenya nouns