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'''''yanta''''' is a | '''''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 | [[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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Latest revision as of 09:21, 9 November 2012
yanta is a noun meaning "bridge" or "yoke" in Quenya.[1]
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[edit | edit source]
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root YAT.[5]
See Also[edit | edit source]
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The additional letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", YAT -
