-nya is a pronominal Quenya suffix, 1st person singular possessive, "my"[1] (e.g. tatanya = "my father").[2] This ending seems to prefer i as its connecting vowel where one its needed, cf. Anarinya "my sun",[3] so also in hildinyar.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, pp.16, 38, 48
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, p. 72
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Steward and the King", Elendil's Oath
- ↑ 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.103