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”.
Qenya
anto
noun. giver (m.)
anto
noun. mouth
nangwa
noun. jaw
pé
noun. mouth
A masculine word for “giver” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the verb ᴹQ. anta- “give”, along with a feminine variant ᴹQ. ante “giver (f.)” (Ety/ANA¹).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. anar (anard-) “giver” under the early root ᴱ√ANA “give, send towards” (QL/31).