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''' | '''''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".<ref name=VT>{{VT|42a}}, p. 8</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] (G)LAN ("rim, border, boundary, limit")<ref name=VT/> | |||
==Cognates== | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[lanka]]'' | |||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[lanc]]'' | |||
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[[Category:Telerin nouns]] | [[Category:Telerin nouns]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:52, 19 October 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[edit | edit source]
Cognates[edit | edit source]
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
