canta

shape

canta (2) _("k") noun"shape" (PE17:175), also used as adj._ "shaped", also as quasi-suffix -canta ("k") "-shaped" (KAT)

canta

cardinal. four

canta (1) ("k") cardinal "four" (KÁNAT, VT42:24, VT48:6). In the Etymologies as printed in LR, this word was cited with a final hyphen (as if it were a verb), but the hyphen does not actually appear in Tolkien's manuscript (VT45:19). Ordinal cantëa ("k") "fourth" (VT42:25) Compare cantil.

canta

noun. shape, framework, shape, framework, [ᴹQ.] frame; shaped

canta

cardinal. four

canta

noun. frame

frame, frame-work, shape

canta-

verb. ?

canya-

verb. canya-

canya- (2) verb (pa.t. canyanë given), undefined form occurring in PE17:113 (together with the seeming variant canta-). See *can- #2 for a conjecture regarding its meaning.

cantalya

noun/adjective. four-legged, quadruped, (lit.) four-footed

A neologism for “four-legged, quadruped” coined by Helge Fauskanger for his NQNT (NQNT), modeled after Q. attalya “biped” but using Q. canta “four” instead of Q. atta “two”.

cantallumë

adverb. four times

can-

cardinal. four

can- (1) (prefix)("k") "four" (KÁNAT)

cat-

verb. shape

shape, fashion

sal-

verb. ?

venië

shape, cut

venië noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)

venwë

shape, cut

venwë noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)