ANA

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

ANA¹

Meaning: "to, towards" (see also NĀ¹)

• 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" (see also NĀ²)

• Quenya: nanwa

References

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