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KAN is a Common Eldarin root signifying "cry, call aloud".^[1]

Derivatives

?Primitive Quendian:^{[note 1]} kānō^[1]
- Quenya: káno "crier", "herald"^[1]
- Telerin: cāno "herald"; can- "cry aloud, call" or "to summons or name a person"^[1]
- Sindarin: can- "cry out, shout, call"; caun "outcry, clamour"^[1]

Notes

↑ Not given a designated language name in the source, only said to be "archaic language".

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", pp. 361-2

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