yatta noun "narrow neck, isthmus" (YAK). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, yatta was also the name of tengwa #35, which letter Tolkien would later call yanta instead.
Quenya
yanta
bridge
yanta
noun. bridge
Cognates
- S. iant “bridge”
Derivations
- √YAN “*join”
Element in
- Q. palanyantië “telepathy”
yatta
narrow neck, isthmus
alta
large, great in size
alta (1) adj. *"large, great in size" (root meaning)(ÁLAT). Alat- in Alatairë, q.v.
yaltë
bridge
yaltë noun "bridge" (GL:37); rather yanta in Tolkien's later Quenya
yanwë
bridge, joining, isthmus
yanwë noun "bridge, joining, isthmus" (YAT, "joining", VT49:45, 46), changed by Tolkien from yanwa (VT46:22, VT49:34)
alat-
large, great in size
alat- prefix "large, great in size". (ÁLAT, cf. VT45:5). In Alatairë.
velicë
great
velicë ("k") adj. "great" _(LT1:254; probably not valid in Tolkien's later Quenya; in the context of the Etymologies it would have to be derived from _BEL, but it is stated that this stem was "not found in Q". Perhaps Tolkien rejected velicë because it was too similar to the Russian word that clearly inspired it.)
úra
large
úra (2) adj. "large" (UR), probably obsoleted by #1 above
-úmë
large
-úmë (3) suffix "large" (of quantity)", as in liyúmë "host" (VT48:32)
nerdo
large, strong man
nerdo noun "large, strong man" (compare nér) (VT47:33)
pol
large, big (strong)
pol (2) adj. "large, big (strong)". Since this would be the sole example of a monosyllabic Quenya adjective, it may be that Tolkien is here citing the root POL rather than a complete word. Cf. polda.
yalta
noun. yoke
@@@ used in NQNT along with yanta
Cognates
- ᴺS. ialt “yoke”
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. YALTA “yoke”
yantaina
adjective. joined
Elements
Word Gloss yanta- “to join”
yanta noun "bridge", also name of tengwa #35 (Appendix E); in the Etymologies, yanta is defined as "yoke" (YAT)