lanka

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lanka is a Quenya word meaning "sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end, as in e.g. a cliff-edge, or the clean edge of things made by hand or built".[1]

Etymology

  • Root (G)LAN ("rim, border, boundary, limit")[1]

Cognates

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