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**[[Noldorin]] ([[Sindarin]]): ''naew'' | **[[Noldorin]] ([[Sindarin]]): ''naew'' | ||
*[[Quenya]]: ''nak-'' ("bite"); ''nahta'' ("a bite") | *[[Quenya]]: ''nak-'' ("bite"); ''[[nahta]]'' ("a bite") | ||
*[[Noldorin]] ([[Sindarin]]): ''nag-'' ("bite"); ''naeth'' ("biting, gnashing of teeth") | *[[Noldorin]] ([[Sindarin]]): ''nag-'' ("bite"); ''naeth'' ("biting, gnashing of teeth") | ||
Revision as of 23:09, 28 November 2010
ÁNAK and NAK are Elvish roots signifying "bite".[1]
- Primitive Quendian: nakma ("jaw")
- Quenya: nak- ("bite"); nahta ("a bite")
- Noldorin (Sindarin): nag- ("bite"); naeth ("biting, gnashing of teeth")
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 348, 374
- ↑ The grapheme ā should also have an acute accent, as in á, but no such Unicode letter has been found. 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. 36
