Eldamo : Middle Quenya : yan(an)

ᴹQ. yan(an) adv. “at that (distant) time, then (long ago)” (Category: Past, Ago)

⚠️ᴹQ. yan(an), adv. “at that (distant) time, then (long ago)” (Category: Past, Ago): Q. andanéya “long ago, once upon a time”

A correlatives appearing as yanan or (archaic) †yan in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/96, 109), a combination of ᴹQ. ya “yonder” and ᴹQ. -n(an) “time”.

References ✧ PE23/96, 109-110

Glosses

“at (that) far distant time, at that time already past with reference to some other point already in mind or discussed” ✧ PE23/96 (yan)
“at that (distant) time” ✧ PE23/109 (yanan)
“then (long ago)” ✧ PE23/110 (yande)

Variations

yan ✧ PE23/96; PE23/109 (†yan)
yanan ✧ PE23/109
yande ✧ PE23/110
yăn ✧ PE23/110
yăn(an) ✧ PE23/110

Changes

yăn >> yăn(an) ✧ PE23/110

Elements

ya	“remote demonstrative”	✧ PE23/96
-n(an)	“time”	✧ PE23/110 (-n(de))

Element In

ᴹQ. yanan né “in those days of yore” ✧ PE23/109