-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.
Quenya
-ta
suffix. causative verb suffix
Derivations
- ✶-tā “verb suffix (transitive), causative” ✧ PE17/093
Element in
- Q. anta- “to give, present; †to add to” ✧ PE17/093
- Q. cesta- “to seek, search for”
- Q.
conta-“[unglossed]”- Q. envinyata- “to renew, heal, to renew, heal, *restore”
- Q. henta- “to eye, examine, read, scan”
- Q. luhta- “to bow”
- Q. maita- “to make with art, design, compose”
- Q. menta- “to send, cause to go (in a desired direction)”
- Q. norta- “to make run (specially used of riding horses or other animals), ride”
- Q. orta- “to raise, cause to rise, lift (up)”
- ᴺQ. paimeta- “to exact or inflict a penalty, punish”
- Q. pasta- “to smooth, iron”
- Q. rohta “*debt, trespass”
- Q. tinta- “to kindle, cause to spark, to kindle, cause to spark, [ᴹQ.] make to spark”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶-tā > -ta [-tā] > [-ta] ✧ PE17/093
-nna
to
-nna
to, at, upon
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).
-n (1) dative ending, originating as a reduced form of -nă "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).