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'''''anna''''' is a noun meaning "gift" in [[Quenya | __NOTOC__ | ||
'''''anna''''' is a noun meaning "gift" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | |||
[[Image:Anna.gif]]''Anna'' is also the name of the twenty-third letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet. | [[Image:Anna.gif|left]]''Anna'' is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-third letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> It is the third letter of the sixth grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "semi-vocalic" consonants and it is the fifth letter in the third series of consonants. This letter is commonly used for consonantal '''Y''',<ref>{{App|Letters}}</ref> except in the [[Mode of Beleriand]]. As seen in the [[West-gate]] of [[Moria]] inscription, ''Anna'' in this "full writing" mode is used for '''O'''.<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref> The [[Westron]] name for this letter is '''''Yé'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | ||
Example | ==Example== | ||
* [[Annatar]] = "Lord of Gifts" | * [[Annatar]] = "Lord of Gifts" | ||
==Etymology== | |||
The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ANA]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, ANA(1)-</ref> | |||
==See Also == | |||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Quenya nouns]] | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | ||
[[Category:Tengwar letters]] | [[Category:Tengwar letters]] | ||
Revision as of 05:57, 28 July 2012
anna is a noun meaning "gift" in Quenya.[1]
Anna is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-third letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the third letter of the sixth grade or Tyellë, which contains "semi-vocalic" consonants and it is the fifth letter in the third series of consonants. This letter is commonly used for consonantal Y,[2] except in the Mode of Beleriand. As seen in the West-gate of Moria inscription, Anna in this "full writing" mode is used for O.[3] The Westron name for this letter is Yé.[4]
Example
- Annatar = "Lord of Gifts"
Etymology
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root ANA.[5]
See Also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", ANA(1)-
