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'''''tenna''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "unto",<ref>{{VT|44c}}, pp. 35-36</ref> or "'to the object' hence 'up to, to (reach), as far as'", said to be a "preposition originally adverb".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 187</ref><ref name=C/> | '''''tenna''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "unto",<ref>{{VT|44c}}, pp. 35-36</ref> or "'to the object' hence 'up to, to (reach), as far as'", said to be a "preposition originally adverb".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 187</ref><ref name=C/> | ||
When | When preceded by a word beginning in a similar vowel, ''tenna'' takes an [[Wikipedia:Elision|elided]] form (''tenn’'').<ref>Petri Tikka, "[http://www.petritikka.com/elvish/PE17.html Quenya Words in Parma Eldalamberon 17]" at [http://www.petritikka.com/elvish/index.html Men Eldalambínen] (accessed 13 June 2011)</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*Root [[TEN]]<ref name=PE17/> | *Root [[TEN]]<ref name=PE17/> | ||
Revision as of 09:59, 13 June 2011
tenna is a Quenya word meaning "unto",[1] or "'to the object' hence 'up to, to (reach), as far as'", said to be a "preposition originally adverb".[2][3]
When preceded by a word beginning in a similar vowel, tenna takes an elided form (tenn’).[4]
Etymology
Compounds
Examples
- "Tenn(’/a) Ambar-metta" ("Until World's-end")[5][6]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Alcar mi Tarmenel na Erun: The Gloria in Excelsis Deo in Quenya" (edited by Arden R. Smith), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 44, June 2002, pp. 35-36
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 187
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", Author's Note 43
- ↑ Petri Tikka, "Quenya Words in Parma Eldalamberon 17" at Men Eldalambínen (accessed 13 June 2011)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 105
