A noun for “jaw” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MATA “eat” (QL/59-60).
Early Quenya
ank
noun. loop, handle, ring
ankar
noun. ear (of men)
ankasse(a)
adjective. lofty, tall, (lit.) up-headed, high-headed
anto
noun. jaw
kâ
noun. jaw
maqar
noun. jaw
orda
adjective. lofty
orwa
adjective. lofty
selka
adjective. bright
tahóra
adjective. lofty
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “loop, handle, ring” for holding something, derived from the early root ᴱ√ᵁNQᵁN having to do with ears (QL/31, 98). Tolkien considered transferring it to the root ᴱ√AQA “grasp, hold” (QL/31).