tenna
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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 followed by a word beginning in a similar vowel, tenna takes an elided form (tenn’).[4]
Etymology[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Examples[edit]
- "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", 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. 105
