Anna

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−	'''''anna''''' is a noun meaning "gift" in [[Quenya]]. Compare with ''[[ant]]'' in [[Sindarin]].	+	__NOTOC__
		+	'''''anna''''' is a noun meaning "gift" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref>
−	[[Image:Anna.gif]]''Anna'' is also the name of the twenty-third letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.	+	[[Image:Anna.gif|left]]''Anna'' is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-third letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/>  It is the third letter of the sixth grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "semi-vocalic" consonants and it is the fifth letter in the third series of consonants.  This letter is commonly used for consonantal '''Y''',<ref>{{App|Letters}}</ref> except in the [[Mode of Beleriand]].  As seen in the [[West-gate]] of [[Moria]] inscription, ''Anna'' in this "full writing" mode is used for '''O'''.<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref>  The [[Westron]] name for this letter is '''''Yé'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref>
−	Example:	+	==Example==
−	* [[Annatar]] = "Lord of Gifts"	+	* ''[[Annatar]]'' = "Lord of Gifts"
−	== References ==	+	==Etymology==
−	* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]	+	The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ANA]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, ANA(1)-</ref>
−	* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]	+
		+	==See Also ==
		+	* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
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		+	{{references}}
		+	{{title|lowercase}}
	[[Category:Quenya nouns]]		[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
	[[Category:Tengwar letters]]		[[Category:Tengwar letters]]

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Latest revision as of 23:56, 21 October 2012

anna is a noun meaning "gift" in Quenya.^[1]

Anna is also the name in Quenya of the twenty-third letter of the Tengwar alphabet.^[1] It is the third letter of the sixth grade or Tyellë, which contains "semi-vocalic" consonants and it is the fifth letter in the third series of consonants. This letter is commonly used for consonantal Y,^[2] except in the Mode of Beleriand. As seen in the West-gate of Moria inscription, Anna in this "full writing" mode is used for O.^[3] The Westron name for this letter is Yé.^[4]

[edit] Example

• Annatar = "Lord of Gifts"

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] See Also

• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger

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. ↑ 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, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
4. ↑ See Westron Tengwar
5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", ANA(1)-