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'''''yanta''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "bridge" or "yoke".<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 400 (entry YAT)</ref> | '''''yanta''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "bridge" or "yoke".<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 400 (entry YAT)</ref> | ||
[[Image:Yanta.gif]]''Yanta'' is also the name of the thirty-fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref>{{App|E}}</ref> In the third age it was most often applied to the consonant "y". <ref>{{App|E2i | [[Image:Yanta.gif]]''Yanta'' is also the name of the thirty-fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref>{{App|E}}</ref> In the third age it was most often applied to the consonant "y". <ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Quenya nouns]] | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | ||
Revision as of 22:19, 5 July 2011
yanta is a Quenya word meaning "bridge" or "yoke".[1][2]
Yanta is also the name of the thirty-fifth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[3] In the third age it was most often applied to the consonant "y". [4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 400 (entry YAT)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E: Writing and Spelling
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
