Q. yána adj. “wide, vast, huge” (Category: Wide, Broad)
An adjective glossed “vast, huge” or “wide” derived from the root √YAN and cognate to S. iaun, appearing in various explanations of the Sindarin suffixes -ion and -ian(d) appearing in Sindarin land names (PE17/99, 115).
Conceptual Development: Some variants of the adjective yána appeared in Tolkien’s later writings: Q. yanda as a variant of yána (PE17/115) and Q. yonda “wide, extensive” in a paradigm where the root was √YŎNO rather than √YAN (PE17/43).
The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. ’yanta “large” under the early root ᴱ√DẎṆTṆ (QL/106). The adjective yanta reappeared in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s with the gloss “great”, but was eventually deleted in that document (PE15/69).
References ✧ PE17/99, 115
Glosses
Variations
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √YAN > yāna- | [jāna] | ✧ PE17/99 |
| √YAN > yāna | [jāna] | ✧ PE17/115 |
Q. yanda adj. “wide” (Category: Wide, Broad)
Reference ✧ PE17/115 ✧ “wide”
Cognates
Q. yonda² adj. “wide, roomy, extensive” (Category: Wide, Broad)
Reference ✧ PE17/43 ✧ yonda “wide, roomy, extensive”
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √YŎNO > yonda | [jonda] | ✧ PE17/43 |