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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 noun meaning "bridge" or "yoke" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</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}}</ref>
[[Image:Yanta.gif|left]]''Yanta'' is the name in [[Quenya]] of the thirty-fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/>  In most modes it is used as a consonant and represents '''Y'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The additional letters''</ref>  However, in the [[Mode of Beleriand]], as seen as in the inscription on the [[Doors of Durin|West-gate]] of [[Moria]], ''Yanta'' represents '''E'''.<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Ai'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref>
 
 
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==Etymology==
The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[YAT]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, YAT -</ref>
 
==See Also ==
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]


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yanta is a noun meaning "bridge" or "yoke" in Quenya.[1]

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Yanta is the name in Quenya of the thirty-fifth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] In most modes it is used as a consonant and represents Y.[2] However, in the Mode of Beleriand, as seen as in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, Yanta represents E.[3] The Westron name for this letter is Ai.[4]


Etymology

The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root YAT.[5]

See Also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
  4. See Westron Tengwar
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", YAT -