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'''''hantalë''''' (or ''hantale'') is a [[Quenya]] noun meaning "Thanksgiving".<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Aldarion}}</ref><ref name=VT43/>
'''''hantalë''''' (or ''hantale'') is a [[Quenya]] noun meaning "Thanksgiving". Note that the word only appears in the compuound ''[[Eruhantalë]]'' ("Thanksgiving to [[Eru]]").<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Aldarion}}</ref><ref name=VT43/>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The word obviously contains the suffix ''[[-le]]'' which is typically used to derive nouns from verbs.<ref>[[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/affix~1.htm Quenya affixes]" at [http://folk.uib.no/ Ardalambion]</ref> If so, the core of the word is a possible verb *''hanta-'' "give thanks" to which ''-le'' is suffixed.
The word obviously contains the suffix ''[[-le]]'' which is typically used to derive nouns from verbs.<ref>[[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/affix~1.htm Quenya affixes]" at [http://folk.uib.no/ Ardalambion]</ref> If so, the core of the word is a possible verb *''hanta-'' "give thanks" to which ''-le'' is suffixed.
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The words ''hantale'' and *''hanta-'' possibly derive from the [[root]] [[HAN]] "increase, honor".<ref name=VT43>{{VT|43a}} p. 14</ref>
The words ''hantale'' and *''hanta-'' possibly derive from the [[root]] [[HAN]] "increase, honor".<ref name=VT43>{{VT|43a}} p. 14</ref>


== Example ==
* ''[[Eruhantalë]]'' ("Thanksgiving to [[Eru]]")
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Revision as of 18:42, 25 June 2011

hantalë (or hantale) is a Quenya noun meaning "Thanksgiving". Note that the word only appears in the compuound Eruhantalë ("Thanksgiving to Eru").[1][2][3]

Etymology

The word obviously contains the suffix -le which is typically used to derive nouns from verbs.[4] If so, the core of the word is a possible verb *hanta- "give thanks" to which -le is suffixed.

The words hantale and *hanta- possibly derive from the root HAN "increase, honor".[3]

References