Adûnaic

-at

suffix. dual suffix

The suffix for dual nouns in Adûnaic, with the a lengthened to â in subjective duals (SD/428-430). In later (Exilic?) Adûnaic, the â was long in all cases (SD/431). See the entry on dual nouns for further details. Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne suggested (AAD/11) that -at is derived from the same Primitive Elvish form ✶-ata as the Quenya dual.

Adûnaic [SD/428; SD/429; SD/431] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Black Speech

-at

suffix. verb ending (like a participle)

Black Speech [PE17/011] Group: Eldamo. Published by

u

preposition. to

Black Speech [LotR/0445; PE17/078; PM/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

-ath

suffix. collective or group plural

Noldorin [Ety/SI; PE21/57; PE21/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

heltha-

verb. to strip

The form helta- in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/46:14

Noldorin [Ety/386, VT/46:14] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Primitive elvish

-ata

suffix. numerative dual ending

Primitive elvish [Let/427] Group: Eldamo. Published by

an

preposition. to

Primitive elvish [PE23/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

-ath

suffix. collective or group plural

Sindarin [Let/427; PE17/025; PE17/062; RC/347; RGEO/66; VT39/20; VT48/19] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ath

suffix. group plural embracing all things of the same name

_pl.suff._group plural embracing all things of the same name, applied to things associated in some arrangement, or organization. >> elenath, ennorath, -rim

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:25:62] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

an

to

(prep.) an (+ nasal mutation), with article ni "to the" (+ nasal mutation in plural).

an

to

(adverbial prefix) an-. 3)

-rim

suffix. collective or group plural

Sindarin [Let/178; PE17/062; SI/Golodhrim; UTI/Edhelrim] Group: Eldamo. Published by

an

preposition. to, towards, for

With suffixed article and elision in aglar'ni Pheriannath

Sindarin [LotR/II:IV, UT/39, SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

an

to

_ prep. _to, for. naur an edraith ammen! 'fire [be] for rescue/saving for us'. aglar an|i Pheriannath  'glory to all the Halflings'.

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na

to

e _ prep. _to, towards (of spacetime). n' before vowels. >> nan 2

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na

preposition. to

prep. to Na-chaered palan-díriel lit. "To-distance (remote) after-gazing" >> na-chaered, nan 2

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Quenya 

-nna

to

-n (1) dative ending, originating as a reduced form of - "to", related to the allative ending -nna (VT49:14). Attested in nin, men, ten, enyalien, Erun, airefëan, tárin, yondon (q.v.) and also added to the English name Elaine (Elainen) in a book dedication to Elaine Griffiths (VT49:40). The longer dative ending -na is also attested in connection with some pronouns, such as sena, téna, véna (q.v.), also in the noun mariéna from márië "goodness" (PE17:59). Pl. -in (as in hínin, see hína), partitive pl. -lin, dual -nt (Plotz). The preposition ana (#1) is said to be used "when purely dative formula is required" (PE17:147), perhaps meaning that it can replace the dative ending, e.g. *ana Eru instead of Erun for "to God". In some of Tolkiens earlier material, the ending -n (or -en) expressed genitive rather than dative, but he later decided that the genitive ending was to be -o (cf. such a revision as Yénië Valinóren becoming Yénië Valinórëo, MR:200).

-nna

to, at, upon

-nna "to, at, upon", allative ending, originating from -na "to" with fortified n, VT49:14. Attested in cilyanna, coraryanna, Endorenna, Elendilenna, númenórenna, parma-restalyanna, rénna, senna, tielyanna, q.v. If a noun ends in -n already, the ending -nna merges with it, as in Amanna, formenna, Elenna, númenna, rómenna as the allative forms of Aman, formen, elen, númen, rómen (q.v.). Plural -nnar in mannar, valannar, q.v.

ana

to

ana (1) prep. "to" (VT49:35), "as preposition _ana _is used when purely _dative formula is required" (PE17:147), perhaps meaning that the preposition ana can be used instead of the dative ending -n (#1, q.v.) Also as prefix: ana- "to, towards" (NĀ1); an (q.v.) is used with this meaning in one source (PE17:127)_

na

to, towards

na (2) prep. "to, towards", possibly obsoleted by #1 above; for clarity writers may use the synonym ana instead (NĀ1). Originally, Tolkien glossed na as "at, by, near"; the new meaning entered together with the synonyms an, ana (VT45:36).


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Doriathrin

-ath

noun. collective plural

A class plural suffix, identical to N. -ath (PE21/57). It is possible this suffix was also used as (and was perhaps inspired by) the Gnomish general plural suffix -th.

Doriathrin [PE21/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

-asta

suffix. collective plural

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE18/035; PE21/57; PE21/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-d

suffix. allative

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

-nta

suffix. to, at, towards; allative suffix

Early Quenya [PE14/046; PE14/047; PE14/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lenqelénu

noun. (daddy) long-legs

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as lenqelēnu “long-legs” or atta lenqelēnu “daddy-long-legs”, a combination of ᴱQ. lenk (lenq-) “limb” and ᴱQ. -lénu “long” (QL/53).

Early Quenya [QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

to

proper name. To