ANA

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ANA is an Elvish root, with two different meanings.^[1]

ANA¹[edit | edit source]

Meaning: "to, towards" (see also NĀ¹)

Primitive Quendian: anta- ("to present, give"), annā ("gift")^[2]^:90
- Quenya: anta- ("give"); anna, anwa ("gift"); ante (fem., "giver"), anto (masc., "giver"); anta ("face")
- Noldorin: anno ("to give"); ant ("gift")
- Sindarin: anha-, aned ("to give");^[2]^:93^[3], ann, anw ("gift")

Compounds:

Yavanna
Aryante ("Day-bringer")

ANA²[edit | edit source]

Meaning: "be, exist" (see also NĀ²)

Quenya: anwa, nanwa

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 348
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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)
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Verb Structure", in Parma Eldalamberon XXII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 163

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