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'''''yanta''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "bridge" or "yoke".<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 400 (entry YAT)</ref>
'''''yanta''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "bridge" or "yoke".<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 400 (entry YAT)</ref>


[[Image:Yanta.gif]]''Yanta'' is also the name of the thirty-fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref>{{App|E}}</ref>
[[Image:Yanta.gif]]''Yanta'' is also the name of the thirty-fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref>{{App|E}}</ref> In the third age it mostly applied to the consonant "y".


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[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
[[Category:Quenya nouns]]

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yanta is a Quenya word meaning "bridge" or "yoke".[1][2]

Yanta.gifYanta is also the name of the thirty-fifth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[3] In the third age it mostly applied to the consonant "y".

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 400 (entry YAT)
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E: Writing and Spelling