Early Quenya
ank
noun. loop, handle, ring
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!
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!
ank
noun. loop, handle, ring
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).