... me... ... near" ... word ... said", ... Paolo, It's probably not a very "elvish" phrase in the sense of the sentence construction...but I didn't make it...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
... The S. form of the _name_ Daisy is "Eirien", which seems to be a Sindarization of Quenya AArien, the name of the Sun-Maia. But the meaning of Daisy is...
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jsbennett@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
Okay, I had to stick with _trade_ and paraphrase. Here is my effort. Comments from those more knowledgeable than I (again, most everybody) are desired. ...
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Gernot Katzer
Gernot.Katzer@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
... In Sindarin, it's Eiren The King's Letter (_Sauron Defeated_) gives Sindarin names for all children of Samwise, the youngest of which is Daisy. Gernot...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
Aiya! ... In abandoned epilogue to LotR Samwise's daugter, Daisie (spelt "Daisy" in current place) is transcribed in Elvish as "Arien". I hope this will help ...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
... Sorry, my mistake: _E_rien. Namaarie! S.Y., Elenhil Laiquendo...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
... Hm, plus a typo: Eirien. That's it. By the third try ;) Sorry. Namaarie! S.Y., Elenhil Laiquendo...
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Candon Clannach
lethglas@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
... Wow! I'm honored. That's an awful lot of work. ... I'm no expert at Tengwar or even the Mode of Beleriand, but I would use wilya for the mutated gw-. ......
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Aaram Yun
aaram.yun@...
Sep 1, 1999 10:01 pm
... <snipped> Thank you for the analysis. I don't know, but it would seem a little bit strange if Tolkien whimsically added -n- just to make it sound nice. ...
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David Brookshire Conner
nellardo@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:07 am
... Rules, as such, can be found by poking around at Ardalambion. (http://move.to/ardalambion) However, they clearly state that there may well be several ways...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:56 am
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...
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C.J. Miller
mkinjubhy@...
Sep 2, 1999 11:41 pm
Suilad! I have been trying to study Many languages at once, Klingon Sindarin, Quenya, Khuzdul (what little there is) and create my own, called Tyien. I am now...
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Josu Gomez
josugp@...
Sep 2, 1999 11:41 pm
... Mmmm. In Etymologies, we have, in AD-, "ando" (gate) and "andon" (great gate). I think it's possible supposing a ending -n, meaning "great" ("supposing a...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Sep 2, 1999 11:41 pm
... Just one little thing; _túca_ (_tuuca_) would mean "is bringing" rather than present "bring(s)". "Aorist-present" _tuce_ is probably better. Andreas ...
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Pedro A. Rincón
mcnar3c@...
Sep 2, 1999 11:41 pm
Hello all, After having checked out Helge's Fauskanger update of his Sindarin article I have started to toy with the language a bit myself. Looking at the...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Sep 2, 1999 11:41 pm
... **First: pl. of _car_ is _cardi_, noun _car_ changes to _card-_ when any ending added (see LR:362) Second: Tolkien changes a meaning of the stem KAR- from...
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C.J. Miller
mkinjubhy@...
Sep 3, 1999 12:08 am
I just got an idea, and i thought i would post it because i know others who are making theyre own language, I was thinking that making i could base words for...
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jsbennett@...
Sep 4, 1999 2:24 am
... the ... _avatyaarima_ ... Yes, I see now, I didn't read far enough under the stem entry. Thanks. However I'm leaning to _avatyarmanen_ for "with sin...
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G. Dyke
g_dyke@...
Sep 4, 1999 2:25 am
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...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 4, 1999 2:25 am
... No, this verb is attested only in the sentence you quote - and as you suspect, is not possible to determine whether it is a "strong" verb _dreg-_ or a...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Sep 5, 1999 12:29 am
... I thought of it as being from the root MEN "go" (Tolkien repeatedly changed his mind about the meaning of this root), with a derivative verb-stem menta...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Sep 5, 1999 12:29 am
... You use be for "in" -- I think it means "like, as, in the manner of, according to" and that it is related to Quenya _ve_. For "in" in a spatial sense I'd...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Sep 5, 1999 12:29 am
... **Hm, since *_tyarma_ would mean "something what is done, caused", so it could be "deed". But in original entry Tolkien did not use *_carma_, but simply...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
Sep 5, 1999 1:18 am
For what it's worth, the first draft of the Elfling FAQ is on the web, at http://www.terracom.net/~dorothea/elfaq.html . I'm rather ashamed of it, to tell the...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
Sep 5, 1999 3:06 am
... Bit of a big subject. However, as someone who's been on both the learning and the teaching end... I have found that the more someone knows *about*...
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Candon Clannach
candon@...
Sep 5, 1999 7:50 pm
... I think you're right. Thank you for suggesting that. I guess I tend to think of _ne(d)_ as a motion preposition "into." ... Yes, "Mortal maid" flows off...
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Lisa Star
amlug2@...
Sep 6, 1999 12:33 pm
September 5th is the anniversary of the beginning of the Elfling list. I would like to thank all the people who keep it going, especially Dorothea Salo. I...
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C.J. Miller
mkinjubhy@...
Sep 6, 1999 12:33 pm
Thanks, everyone, i always wondered how some can read/write a language but not speak it. Avennor Nij (Tyien for goodbye) C.J. Miller ... === " I can see you...
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Mark
nocturnile@...
Sep 6, 1999 12:33 pm
... Yes. I would have to agree. I am only 15 years old, but i'm as into Tolkien as anyone could be. I love languages as well, so naturally i took it upon...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Sep 6, 1999 12:33 pm
... Hm, I see. There must be something wrong with Tolkien's phonological equation: Q hanu, ON anu is followed by N anw, but if you compare under MAN (Q manu,...
