cemen(cén)

spelt "kemen" in some sources, "cemen" in others noun "earth" VT44:34, Cemenyë "k" "and Earth" VT47:11. Cemen refers to the earth as a flat floor beneath menel, the heavens SA:kemen; "soil, earth" KEM,LT1:257. At one stage, Tolkien intended cemen to be the genitive of cén; later cemen became the nominative, and the status of cén is uncertain. See Kementári. Locative cemessë, cemenzë really spelt with c rather than k in one version, but also kemenze in the Quenya Lord's Prayer; later changed to kemendë, cemendë VT43:17