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*[[Quenya]]: ''yāna, yanda''<ref name=PE17/> | *[[Quenya]]: ''yāna, yanda''<ref name=PE17/> | ||
*[[Sindarin]]: ''iaun'' ("roomy, wide, extensive"); ''-iann'', ''-ion''; ''iand''<ref name=PE17/> | *[[Sindarin]]: ''iaun'' ("roomy, wide, extensive"); [[-nd|''-iann'', ''-ion'']]; ''iand''<ref name=PE17/> | ||
==Other versions of the legendarium== | ==Other versions of the legendarium== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:20, 23 May 2011
YAN is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "vast, huge"; YAN and YAD are also given the signification "wide". The root also appears in the forms YANA, YĂN.[1]
Derivatives[edit | edit source]
- Quenya: yāna, yanda[1]
- Sindarin: iaun ("roomy, wide, extensive"); -iann, -ion; iand[1]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
In the Qenya Lexicon appears the root DẎṆTṆ, with the Qenya derivative yanta- ("enlarge, increase, add to").[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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), pp. 42 (root appearing as "√YANA-"), 99, 115 (roots appearing as "YAN-, YAD"), 191 (roots appearing as "√YAN-" and "√YANA-; YĂN")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)
| The Sundocarme "Large & Small" Group | |
| BEL, MBEL ("large") · KHAWA · PEYE · (POL) · TAW ("wood") · TUR ("strong, mighty") · YAN ("wide") | |
