Qenya
anta
noun. face
Changes
anta→ anta “jaw” ✧ PE22/021anta→ anto “jaws” ✧ PE22/050Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ANA¹ > anta [anta] ✧ Ety/ANA¹ ᴹ√ANAT > anta [anta] ✧ EtyAC/ANA¹
anta-
verb. to give
Cognates
- N. anna- “to give” ✧ Ety/ANA¹
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. númessier “and he gave it into the hands of the Lords: they are in the West” ✧ LR/072
- ᴹQ. e man antaváro “what will he give indeed” ✧ LR/063
- ᴹQ. ilyain antalto annar lestanen Ilúvatáren “to all they gave in measure the gifts of Ilúvatar” ✧ LR/072; LR/072
- ᴹQ. kavinye antās “I can give it” ✧ PE22/092 (
ni·kave antās); PE22/092- ᴹQ. man táre antáva nin Ilúvatar, Ilúvatar? “what will the Father, O Father, give me” ✧ LR/072
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶anta- > anta- [anta] ✧ Ety/ANA¹ ᴹ√YAN² > anta [janta] > [anta] ✧ EtyAC/YAN² Variations
- anta ✧ EtyAC/YAN² (anta)
nangwa
noun. jaw
Cognates
- N. naew “jaw” ✧ Ety/NAK
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶nakma > nangwa [nakma] > [nagma] > [naŋma] > [naŋgwa] ✧ Ety/NAK
A noun for “jaw” The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶nakma under the root ᴹ√NAK “bite” (Ety/NAK). It was possibly displaced by anca “jaw, jaws”, which was also introduced in The Etymologies of the 1930s, but continued to appear in later documents included The Lord of the Rings Appendix E (LotR/1123). However, it might be that nangwa refers to a single “jaw” (upper or lower), while anca refers collectively to both “jaws”.