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  [[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>
  [[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==
==Examples==
* [[Annatar]] = "Lord of Gifts"
* ''[[Annatar|'''Anna'''tar]]'' = "Lord of Gifts"
* ''[[Andor|'''An'''dor]]'' (''anna''+''[[nóre|ndórë]]'') = "Land of Gift"
* ''Eru'''anna''''' = "God's Grace"
* ''[[Yavanna|Yav'''anna''']]'' = "Giver of Gifts (Fruits)"


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ANA]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, ANA(1)-</ref>
The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ANA]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, ANA(1)-</ref>


==See Also ==
==See also==
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]


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[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
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[[Category:Tengwar letters]]

Latest revision as of 10:30, 25 January 2020

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

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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 .[4]

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Etymology[edit | edit source]

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

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