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'''''Ando''''' is a noun meaning "gate" in [[Quenya]]. Compare with ''[[annon]]'' in [[Sindarin]].
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'''''ando''''' is a noun meaning "gate" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>
  
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[[Image:Ando.gif]]''Ando'' is also the name of the fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.
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[[Image:Ando.gif|left]]''Ando'' is also the name in Quenya of the fifth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/>  It is the first letter of the second grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiced stops" and it is the second letter in the dental or ''t''-series of consonants, the ''[[Tincotéma]]''.<ref name="Letters">{{App|Letters}}</ref>  In the standard spelling of Quenya ''Ando'' represents '''ND'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}, Note</ref>  In all other modes this letter represents '''D'''.<ref name="Letters"/>  The Westron name for this letter is '''''Dó'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref>
  
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== References ==
 
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
 
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
 
  
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==Etymology==
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The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[AD]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, AD-</ref>
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==See Also ==
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 8 November 2012

ando is a noun meaning "gate" in Quenya.[1]

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Ando is also the name in Quenya of the fifth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the first letter of the second grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiced stops" and it is the second letter in the dental or t-series of consonants, the Tincotéma.[2] In the standard spelling of Quenya Ando represents ND.[3] In all other modes this letter represents D.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Dó.[4]


[edit] Etymology

The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root AD.[5]

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[edit] References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note
  4. ↑ See Westron Tengwar
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", AD-
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