Eldamo : Quenya : langa

Q. langa n. “thing that crosses, ferry, ford, crossway, bridge, cross-bar” (Category: Across, Athwart)

Q. langa, n. “ferry, ford, crossway, bridge, cross-bar; (lit.) thing that crosses” (Category: Across, Athwart)

A word in notes from 1965 for “a thing that crosses” derived from √LAŊ, and thus applicable to things like a “ferry, ford, crossway, bridge, cross-bar” (PE17/65).

Reference ✧ PE17/65 ✧ “a thing that crosses, ferry, ford, crossway, bridge, cross-bar”

langa “a thing that crosses, ferry, ford, crossway, bridge, cross-bar” is distinct from lango “neck” ✧ PE17/65

Element In

ᴺQ. !illangiéla “nevertheless, (lit.) all-having-been-bypassed”
ᴺQ. !lambelanga “translation”
ᴺQ. !pahtalanga “interpretation”
ᴺQ. !tengwelanga “transcription”

Derivations

< √LAƷ “cross, pass over, go beyond” ✧ PE17/65 (LAŊ)

Phonetic Developments

√LAŊ > langa

[laŋga]

✧ PE17/65