A noun for “jaw” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MATA “eat” (QL/59-60).
Early Quenya
anta
noun. cheek; jaw(s)
anta-
verb. to give
anto
noun. jaw
sanda
adjective. that
alma
noun. face
kâ
noun. jaw
maqar
noun. jaw
ne
conjunction. that
orda
adjective. lofty
orwa
adjective. lofty
santo
pronoun. that
tahóra
adjective. lofty
tanya
adjective. that
tu
pronoun. he
tye
pronoun. you
yéma
noun. face
A word for “face” appearing in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s (PE16/136) along with a list of body parts from the same period (PE14/117). It is likely derived from the early root ᴱ√DYĒ whose derivatives have to do with “gaze” or “look at” (QL/105), as suggested by Patrick Wynne (VT49/21).
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “face, visage”, derived from the early root ᴱ√ALA “gaze”, but this word was deleted (QL/39). It also appeared with the gloss “face” in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, where it was not deleted (PM/39).