Q. Minastir m. “?Watch Tower”
Tar-Minastir was the 11th ruler of Númenor, so named “because he built a high tower upon the hill of Oromet” (UT/220). His name might be a compound of a shortened form minas of minassë “tower” and a form of tir- “to watch”.
References ✧ LotRI/Tar-Minastir; PMI/Minastir, Tar-Minastir; SI/Minastir, Tar-Minastir; UTI/Minastir, Tar-Minastir
Elements
| minassë? | “fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)” |
| tir- | “to watch (over), guard, heed; to look (at), gaze, observe” |