Tom Bombadil
#389
Hey, is that really an allative prefix? I thought that the cases of words are just defined by their suffixes ...
Ps. If so, is Et- the ablative prefix?
Gloss “ana-” by Eldamo Import
ana-
prefix. to, towards
Paul Strack
#390
Short answer: no.
The ablative and allative cases in noun declension are always suffixes: -nna and -llo.
The prefix ana- is a more general purpose prefix that can be added nouns or verbs. I imagine it is used more often with verbs, as is the case with the prefix et- “out”. For example, perhaps anamen- might mean something like “to go to(wards), venture forth”.
A prefixal form of preposition an(a) from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/NĀ¹). It was mentioned as a verbal prefix {na- >>} ana- in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 (PE17/147), and while the paragraph where it appeared was rejected I think it likely the prefix itself was retained.