Eldamo : Quenya : (a)nacca

Q. (a)nacca n. “narrows, defile, pass, cut” (Category: Ravine, Pass)

Q. (a)nacca, n. “narrows, defile, pass, cut” (Category: Ravine, Pass): ᴹQ. axa “ravine, narrow path; edge”; ᴱQ. fingil “narrows, straits, gulf”

A noun appearing in etymological notes from around 1964 (DD) with the glosses “narrows, defile, pass, cut” as a derivative of √NAKH “narrow, thin” (PE17/166).

Reference ✧ PE17/166 ✧ (a)nakka “narrows, defile, pass, cut”

Derivations

< √NAKH “narrow, thin” ✧ PE17/166

Phonetic Developments

√NAKH > (a)nakka

[nakʰka] > [nakkʰa] > [nakka]

✧ PE17/166