-ya

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-ya is a Quenya suffix of endearment.[1] This may be the same as the possessive suffix -nya "my" as found in onya "my child" (from on-nya), atya "my father", and amya "mother.[2]

Examples

  • Anardilya = "dear Anardil"[3]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index
  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. 170
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"