Anca

anca is a noun meaning "jaw" in Quenya.^[1] The word is derived from the Elvish root ÁNAK.

• Cognate: Sindarin anc

Anca is also the name of the fifteenth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.

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1. ↑ Both the forms anka and anca occur in the published Etymologies (cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", pp. 348, 374). However, in the corrigenda to The Etymologies, it is suggested that Christopher Tolkien had done a misreading of the original manuscript or that a printing error had occurred: the form used in both places is actually anka (cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 5). Although this is the only attested occurrence of anka/anca, the latter form is used on Tolkien Gateway in order to have a regularized Quenya spelling (c for k, in line with Helge Fauskanger's use in Quettaparma Quenyallo (Quenya Wordlists (accessed 29 November 2010).

• Ruth S. Noel, The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth
• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger