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S. minna- v. “to enter, go in” (Category: to Enter)

S. minna-, v. “to enter, go in” (Category: to Enter)

A Sindarin verb for “go in, enter” based on the root √MI “in” (PE17/41), most notably appearing in its imperative form minno in the phrase on the gate to Moria: pedo mellon a minno “speak, friend, and enter” (LotR/305).

Conceptual Development: The imperative (or possibly Noldorin-style infinitive) form N. minno “enter” appeared in a hastily-added note to The Etymologies of the 1930s for the root ᴹ√MĪ/IMI “in?” (MĪ/IMI). This note may have been added later, as Tolkien was working on The Lord of the Rings in the 1940s. The phrase N. pedo mellon a minno already had its final form in the first drawing of the Moria Gate from Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (TI/182).

References ✧ LotR/305; PE17/41

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

minno imperative “enter” ✧ LotR/305
minno imperative   ✧ PE17/41

Element In

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

MI > minna- [minna-] ✧ PE17/41

N. minna- v. “to enter” (Category: to Enter)

See S. minna- for discussion.

References ✧ EtyAC/MI; TI/182

Inflections

minno imperative “enter” ✧ TI/182
minno infinitive “enter” ✧ EtyAC/MI

Element In

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MI > minno [minna-] ✧ EtyAC/MI