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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] (G)LAN ("rim, border, boundary, limit")<ref name=VT/> | *[[Sundocarme|Root]] (G)LAN ("rim, border, boundary, limit")<ref name=VT/> | ||
==Cognates== | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[lanka]]'' | |||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[lanc]]'' | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
{{DISPLAYTITLE:lanca}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:lanca}} | ||
[[Category:Telerin nouns]] | [[Category:Telerin nouns]] | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 2 April 2012
lanca is a Telerin word meaning "sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end, as in e.g. a cliff-edge, or the clean edge of things made by hand or built".[1]
Etymology
Cognates
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 8
