Yanta
From Tolkien Gateway
yanta is a Quenya word meaning "bridge" or "yoke".[1][2]
Yanta is also the name of the thirty-fifth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[3] In the third age it was most often applied to the consonant "y".
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 400 (entry YAT)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E: Writing and Spelling
