Eldamo : Middle Quenya : mámen

ᴹQ. mámen adv. “why, aiming at what” (Category: What)

⚠️ᴹQ. mámen, adv. “why, aiming at what” (Category: What): ᴹQ. maro “why, for what reason”

A correlative appearing in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/109), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and ᴹQ. men- “aim”.

Reference ✧ PE23/112 ✧ “why, aiming at what”

mámen “why, aiming at what” for má mene “aiming at what?” ✧ PE23/112
maro “why, for what reason” vs. mámen “why, aiming at what”

Elements

ma	“interrogative particle”
men-	“to aim at; to wish, mean, intend”	✧ PE23/112 (mene)

má²	“what; when”	✧ PE23/112