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  • Category: Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
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What's the Quenya equivalent of Doriath? The Silmarillion says Doriath means "Land of the Fence", with _iâth_ as "fence". LR, under the stem GAT(H)-, gives...
8 Sep 4, 1999
2:25 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Aiya quettar sindarino (sorry I have not yet given myself to sindarin) I came across http://stud2.tuwien.ac.at/~e9026179/Tolkien/Tengwar/Index.html a few weeks...
1 Sep 4, 1999
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G. Dyke
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I have finished a reasonably major revision of the Elfling welcome message; the new one appears below. I haven't yet dolled it up in HTML for my website, but I...
1 Sep 2, 1999
12:56 am

Dorothea Salo
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dear candon i would like to make a sort of illuminated manuscript from your ballad, such as from any other beautiful composition in elvish lenguage. this is...
3 Sep 2, 1999
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David Brookshire Conner
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Does anyone have an idea how to say "daisy" in Quenya? Ales Bican...
6 Sep 1, 1999
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Boris Shapiro
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I'm working on translating a phrase "The wages of sin are death and payday is coming". Okay, it isn't an important phrase, but it's something I need for a web...
5 Sep 1, 1999
10:00 pm

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Aiya! Could Qenya be a later variant of Quenya (in MET)? Namaarie! S.Y., Elenhil Laiquendo...
6 Aug 31, 1999
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Andreas Johansson
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... Da: <jsbennett@...> A: <elfling@egroups.com> Data invio: lunedì 30 agosto 1999 2.37 Oggetto: [elfling] Didn't the elves "pay" anybody? ... i'm not an...
1 Aug 31, 1999
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Paolo Gabrieli
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So here I am with my lines in the elvish language: Aista, aista... Tiënnar lorion Eldaliëlion oisirilla sirentannar alcaron laurion ar lanlyala alcarëi arta...
2 Aug 29, 1999
12:05 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Finally, I got into place a major revision of my Sindarin article, with a new section about the consonant mutations: ...
2 Aug 28, 1999
11:09 pm

David Salo
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Hello, Just a quick question, would Earkano or (Ëarkáno ? Eärkáno) mean "Sea Commander"? ear (ëar) = "sea" + kano (káno) = "commander&quot; Just Curious......
2 Aug 27, 1999
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David Salo
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I am curious to see what Aredhel's name would be in Quenya. I not that Tolkien made mention of the "correct" Quenya version of most of the Elven heroes of the...
6 Aug 26, 1999
11:54 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Why do people use 'Aiya' as a 'hi'? I thought it meant 'see' or 'look'? Am I wrong? ______________________________________________________...
4 Aug 26, 1999
12:10 am

David Salo
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hi everybody! my name is paolo gabrieli, i'm 28 and i write from como, italy. i'havent yet finished reading "the lord of the rings" (that was bought 16 years...
2 Aug 26, 1999
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Following the thread of naming countries, I propose Telpea or Tyelpea for Argentina (it means 'silvery&#39;, I believe, from Argentum). Do you agree with that...
14 Aug 26, 1999
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David Salo
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Hi to all! I'm new to this mailgroup, but I've been interessted in the languages of Tolkien for some time. I've noticed, that, overall, Quenya is your ...
2 Aug 26, 1999
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David Salo
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... Is there any reason there couldn't be a Quenya compound with more than two parts? After all a word like _Telemmaite_ includes three morphemes ...
5 Aug 25, 1999
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I have here a verse of elvish that I composed awhile back. It's probably riddled with errors, so I was wondering if anyone could look through it and give me...
11 Aug 25, 1999
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Thanks to all who responded to "Comments on my translation please". Being a newbie to the site and to the Elvish languages, I realize there is much to learn....
4 Aug 23, 1999
11:00 pm

Barulich, Robert
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I added a new article to my page today: http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/lh-rh.htm It is highly technical, I'm afraid - about an important difference between the...
1 Aug 20, 1999
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Helge K. Fauskanger
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In HoMe XI it is said that the oldest elvish word for writing derived from the root *SAR-. Hence _sarat_ an incision, sign. Further this is said to have...
1 Aug 20, 1999
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David Kiltz
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Welcome to the joyfully and musical halls of the Quendya Speakers. My name is Laicolas, and am a minya. May your thoughts, words and laughters enlight somemore...
1 Aug 19, 1999
2:44 am

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In ICE Middle Earth Role Playing's book Lorien, On page 24, 1st row, all way down, we can see: Pelerin, pl Piliryn for glade, clearing in a forest assumed to...
2 Aug 18, 1999
2:38 am

David Salo
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Hello, all! Thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Candon. I have a degree in Linguistics, a degree I pursued in part because of my love of the Elvish ...
1 Aug 17, 1999
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Candon Clannach
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***Hello, new elvish speaker. May the Valar enlight your thoughts and your phrases. * If you want it to be quenya, it has to be sinda taure or sindataure. ...
1 Aug 17, 1999
11:09 pm

OLIVIER ALABEATRIX
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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...
3 Aug 17, 1999
2:44 am

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Thanks everyone for you help! Here is the updated version complete with accent marks. Actually, I think I missed a few, but I don't have time to go through...
2 Aug 16, 1999
10:41 pm

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... and then you can use the 'find' function of any word processor to help you locate rhymes. This works because the spelling of Quenya is entirely regular, so...
1 Aug 16, 1999
1:09 am

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... **Helge doesn't quess. _-i_ is general pl. maker. We have Primitive Elvish _Lindaai_, this became Telerin _Lindai_ and Quendian _Lindar_ (dative ...
3 Aug 15, 1999
12:33 am

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EGroups is doing some database maintenance on Sunday that will leave it down for most of the day. Nothing should be lost; it will just take until Sunday...
1 Aug 14, 1999
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