ANA

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ANA is an Elvish root, with two different meanings.^[1]

ANA¹

Meaning: "to, towards"

Primitive Quendian: anta- ("to present, give")
- Quenya: anta- ("give"); anna ("gift"); ante (fem., "giver"), anto (masc., "giver"); anta ("face")
- Noldorin (Sindarin): anno ("to give"); ant ("gift")

Compounds:

Yavanna
Aryante ("Day-bringer")

ANA²

Meaning: "be, exist"

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 348

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