-ya is a Quenya suffix of endearment.[1] This may be the same as the possessive suffix -nya "my" as found in onya "my child" (from on-nya), atya "my father", and amya "mother.[2]
Examples
- Anardilya = "dear Anardil"[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 170
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"