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nak

root. bite

Variations

  • ANK ✧ EtyAC/NAK

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶ankā “jaw, row of teeth” ✧ Ety/NAK
    • ᴹQ. anka “jaw, row of teeth” ✧ Ety/NAK
    • N. anc “jaw, row of teeth” ✧ Ety/NAK
  • ᴹ✶nakma “jaw” ✧ Ety/NAK
    • ᴹQ. nangwa “jaw” ✧ Ety/NAK
    • N. naew “jaw” ✧ Ety/NAK
  • ᴹ✶nakse “tooth” ✧ EtyAC/NAK
    • N. naes “tooth” ✧ EtyAC/NAK
  • ᴹ✶nakt- “biting”
    • N. naeth “biting, gnashing of teeth” ✧ Ety/NAY
  • ᴹQ. anka “jaw, row of teeth” ✧ Ety/ÁNAK
  • ᴹQ. nahta “bite” ✧ Ety/NAK
  • ᴹQ. nak- “to bite” ✧ Ety/NAK
  • N. anc “jaw, row of teeth” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK; Ety/ÁNAK
  • N. naeth “biting, gnashing of teeth” ✧ Ety/NAK
  • N. nag- “to bite, to bite; [G.] to chew, gnaw” ✧ Ety/NAK
  • N. nagol “tooth”
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÁLAK; Ety/ÁNAK; Ety/NAK; Ety/NÁYAK; EtyAC/NAK; EtyAC/NDAK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Tolkien’s translation of the Litany of Loreto into Quenya.

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