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'''Hantalë''' is the Quenya form of the term "Thanksgiving".
'''''hantalë''''' (or ''hantale'') is a [[Quenya]] noun meaning "Thanksgiving". Note that the word only appears in the compound ''[[Eruhantalë]]'' ("Thanksgiving to [[Ilúvatar|Eru]]").<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Aldarion}}</ref><ref name=VT43/>
==Etymology==
The word obviously contains the suffix ''[[-le]]'' which is typically used to derive nouns from verbs.<ref>[[Helge 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.


== Example ==
The words ''hantale'' and *''hanta-'' possibly derive from the [[root]] [[HAN]] "increase, honor".<ref name=VT43>{{VT|43a}} p. 14</ref>
* [[Eruhantalë]]: 'Thanksgiving to [[Eru]]'


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Latest revision as of 22:45, 8 November 2012

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

Etymology[edit | edit source]

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]

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