... Nasal+_voiceless_ stop becomes nasal + voiceless aspirated stop universally in "Old Sindarin". So Telerin *nimpi > Old Sindarin *nimphe "white"; Telerin...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Aug 2, 1999 12:01 pm
... and critique it. So here it is. I will try to translate it, at least. But some parts of it are weird. ... Luthien's Song ... But maybe I will fly on...
... **_orme_ = "wrath, violence, rushing" (Etym - GOR) ... **_paca_ = "court, paved floor" (Gnomish Lexicon) ... **_raust_ seems not to be valid in mature...
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CHRIS1224@...
Aug 2, 1999 12:01 pm
Greetings, I am working on an essay that analyzes Tolkien's conception of the undead, part of which is a brief look at the form Ulairi. I wonder if anyone...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Aug 2, 1999 12:01 pm
... **That's plausible solution I think. But I wonder whether _tengwe_ can be translated as "datum". ... **No one can know whether "he would hardly have...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Aug 3, 1999 2:12 am
... **I think the same. ... **Isn't _Luuthien_ Sindarin name? I think it is. ... **I think _omentan_ is "I meet" from _omentie_ "meeting" ... **Maybe it's...
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marcel lysgaard lech
marcel.l@...
Aug 3, 1999 2:12 am
I have tried to translate the begining of the Iliad, the old greek epic by Homer I have tried to follow the original as close as possible, but no without great...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Aug 3, 1999 2:13 am
... I'm in considerable doubt about this interpretation, and I have proposed another one, though I'm almost as unsure about it. UUlairi would appear to be a...
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CHRIS1224@...
Aug 3, 1999 11:06 pm
David, Thank you for your valuable and (to me) convincing arguments for rejecting my LAYA interpretation of UUlairi. In a message dated 8/2/99 7:30:04 PM...
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Jerome S. Colburn
jscolbur@...
Aug 3, 1999 11:06 pm
... Luhtieeneva, then (Etym. p. 370 s.v. LUK-). But she wouldn't be singing in Quenya, would she? ...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Aug 3, 1999 11:07 pm
... Or it is Falathren! B.Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> <melroch@...> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ Anant' avanaute...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Aug 3, 1999 11:07 pm
... Actually I have an issue with how you render Greek names! :-) I would render Akhilleus and Peleus as Ahille, gen. Ahillevo and Pele, gen. Pelevo, and...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Aug 3, 1999 11:07 pm
... Or "unholy monsters"? Anyway I think this is a correct etymology. ... Do you suggest a partial Quenyarization of some Sindarin term? There is also a root...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Aug 4, 1999 11:38 pm
... **I think Greek pantheon doesn't fit Valar. In fact, I think, no european pantheon fits Valar. There are some similarities, because undouptedly Tolkien was...
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marcel lysgaard lech
marcel.l@...
Aug 4, 1999 11:38 pm
I have corrected some of the errors that I have found my self, and corrected the names, finding their equivalent forms,I think,in quenya mythologi. questions: ...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Aug 6, 1999 1:43 am
... Of course there can be no exact or even close "fit" between the Greek gods and the Valar. To begin with the Greeks' ideas on their gods and what they were...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Aug 6, 1999 1:44 am
... _otharcarië_ is surely only a typo for _ohta-_ ? ... I would use dative rather than allative here. ... Why not Olympos -> Taniquetil? ... The genitive of...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Aug 7, 1999 2:44 pm
... It's not impossible. There are some parallels, where Sindarin words or names acquired a different semantic meaning from their Quenya cognates. For...
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Jerome S. Colburn
jscolbur@...
Aug 7, 1999 2:44 pm
... And therefore we would expect the Greeks, coming across a copy of the Ainulindale, to render Iluuvatar as Zeus. What's proposed here is the other way...
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lindril@...
Aug 7, 1999 2:44 pm
Does anyone know of Quenya words for "wrought" or "caught, captured"? I hesitate to use _car-_ for wrought, even though the meaning is close, because the line...
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C.J. Miller
mkinjubhy@...
Aug 7, 1999 2:44 pm
In Elvish/Klingon are the vowels? What exactly constitutes a vowel? If you were to create a new language could you make the vowels different? C.J. Miller === ...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Aug 7, 1999 2:44 pm
... **Olympos isn't and can't be Taniquentil! If we admit "romantic"; interpretation, then Valinor is somewhere hidden in the west and so we have mountain with...
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brianj@...
Aug 7, 1999 8:52 pm
Hey all, Just wanted to let you know that I'm here, and I'm studying hard. I'll try not to ask any questions, unless I have to, but It'd be great to have a...
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Victor J. Ippoliti
ippoliti@...
Aug 7, 1999 8:52 pm
Could you equate Zeus to Iluvatar? Wouldn't Manwe(the highest of the Valar) be better? Nai elen siluva lenna oiale. Alex ... From: marcel lysgaard lech...
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jsbennett@...
Aug 8, 1999 2:51 pm
I have tried to go to the Parma Eldalamberon web site and keep getting a message that there is a problem with the site. I am interested in a subscription to...
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David Kiltz
kiltzd@...
Aug 8, 1999 2:51 pm
lindril> Does anyone know of Quenya words for "wrought" or "caught, lindril> captured"? lindril> lindril> I hesitate to use _car-_ for wrought, even though the...
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jsbennett@...
Aug 8, 1999 2:51 pm
First of all hello to everyone, this is my first post to this board. I've just recently (the last two weeks) discovered Quenya and am fascinated by it. I am...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Aug 8, 1999 2:51 pm
... It is. The primitive form is _Luktieenee_, so the Q form would be _Luhtieene_. Confer the related verb _luhta-_. Andreas ... ...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Aug 8, 1999 2:51 pm
... At the very least, the Witch King, apart from having a male title, is refered to as "he". Andreas ______________________________________________________...
