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'''''-nya''''' is a pronominal [[Quenya]] suffix, 1st person singular possessive, "my"{{ | '''''-nya''''' is a pronominal [[Quenya]] suffix, 1st person singular possessive, "my"<ref>{{VT|49}}, pp.16, 38, 48</ref> (e.g. '''tatanya''' = "my father").<ref>{{UT|Aldarion}}</ref> This ending seems to prefer '''i''' as its connecting vowel where one its needed, cf. '''Anarinya''' "my sun",<ref>{{HM|LR}}, p. 72</ref> so also in '''hildinyar'''.{{fact}}<!--This includes speculation and is attributing agency to a suffix!--> | ||
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Revision as of 12:03, 23 April 2019
-nya is a pronominal Quenya suffix, 1st person singular possessive, "my"[1] (e.g. tatanya = "my father").[2] This ending seems to prefer i as its connecting vowel where one its needed, cf. Anarinya "my sun",[3] so also in hildinyar.[source?]
References
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, pp.16, 38, 48
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, p. 72
