... I would suggest, rather than constructing a calque on praeferre (which doesn't really mean "favor" in your sense in Latin) to just use one of the several...
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Dim Globe
orgof@...
Feb 11, 2000 2:17 pm
G'day! A friend of mine has just written sorta workbook text for non-quenya Russian elves. It deals with the names of the Valar and Maiar, that are often ...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
Feb 12, 2000 12:04 am
Aiya! ... Lexicon ... Still, what is QL word for "favourite"? Namaarie! S.Y., Elenhil Laiquendo...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Feb 12, 2000 12:04 am
... dan as Maker This would be the second element of names like _Ciirdan_, Ship-wright or Ship-maker. This _-dan_ is related to Quenya _tano_ (in Sindarin we...
... The word is melitsa, defined as "beloved, favourite", from the root MELE which corresponds to the later root MEL. (Most of these roots are CVCV, where the...
2131
Jerome S. Colburn
jscolbur@...
Feb 13, 2000 11:00 pm
... [...] ... Anyway, why wouldn't the Quenya word be ammelima? +------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Jerome S. (Jeannette E....
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Feb 13, 2000 11:00 pm
... How can a root *EÑ produce _ea_ (or if we take the _-a_ to be a verbal ending, an verb stem _e-_)? ______________________________________________________...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Feb 13, 2000 11:00 pm
... "I sang of leaves" for a story I'm writing. ... _Liirien_ looks like an (unaugmented) perfect "I have sung" rather than the regular past tense "I sang",...
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Josu Gomez
josugp@...
Feb 14, 2000 10:57 pm
I'd want to do a little review to Quenya "person forms". We have (as usually) very few cases attested, but those I have found are: 1. When the subject is...
2135
Intyalin@...
Feb 14, 2000 10:57 pm
Can anyone shed light on the etymology of estel? Is is possibly derived from the name Estë? If one takes into account the post-LotR "Athra- beth Finrod Ah...
2136
estgaido@...
Feb 14, 2000 10:57 pm
A friend and I wrote song a few days ago, and I'm sure it's full of mistakes, I hope you can help me with it. We tried to rhyme abab and also keep verses of...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
Feb 14, 2000 10:57 pm
Aiya! ... Russian ... Really? Suprisingly I haven't heard about such a misusing :-) ... look ... At least I'll find out my own misunderstandings ... Why...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Feb 16, 2000 10:06 pm
... We alway have _coarya_ for his house in WJ (there actuallu spelt _köarya_). ... Since this verb only has the forms _eque_, _equen_, _eques_ it would seem...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Feb 16, 2000 10:06 pm
... Unless the past tense of _naa_ really is _nee_. But that's perhaps not much help with the poem. Andreas ...
2140
Katherine Kinn
katherine-kinn@...
Feb 16, 2000 10:06 pm
Lady and gentlemen! Let me introduce myself. My name is Katherine Kinn, I'm Russian. Please, forgive my mistakes in English - I have very little practice in...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Feb 16, 2000 10:06 pm
... Este is derived from the stem SED(E), meaning rest (see Etym), or rather its rearraged form ESD(E). The development is something like ...
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Patrick Norton
jediknightpatrick5@...
Feb 17, 2000 1:02 am
how do you say _patrick_ in quenya? is there a database web page to help? ===== hey want to make money surfing the web? of course you do. just go to...
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Mary Ellen Curtin
mecurtin@...
Feb 17, 2000 1:02 am
Helge -- Thanks so much for your response! I was using the perfect rather than the simple past for rhythm -- so I could start with an unaccented syllable. I'm...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Feb 18, 2000 3:50 pm
... its rearraged form ESD(E). The development is something like _esdee_>_ezdee_>_ezde_>_este_. _ Yes. Same explanation in WJ:403. ... it's formed by...
2145
Claude Heyman
cheyman@...
Feb 18, 2000 3:50 pm
Let me introduce myself. My name is Katherine Kinn, I'm Russian. Please, forgive my mistakes in English - I have very little practice in writing this language....
2146
Candon Clannach
lethglas@...
Feb 18, 2000 3:50 pm
... I'm not sure that English would have much to do with this sound. But generally, the South Walian Welsh dialects tend to group with Breton and Cornish. It...
2147
Patrick Norton
jediknightpatrick5@...
Feb 19, 2000 12:43 am
Can somebody help with the translation of elven lore about the ring. Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-Lords in their halls of...
2148
David Salo
dsalo@...
Feb 19, 2000 12:43 am
... Welcome, Katherine! I hope you find Elfling helpful. Please ask any questions you like. And perhaps you could explain the concept of "virtual language"...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Feb 19, 2000 12:44 am
... You could adapt the sounds, which would give you *Parrico or *Partico (Pedrig in Sindarin); the name Patrick of course comes from Latin patricius ...
2150
Bart Coppens
webmaster@...
Feb 20, 2000 8:13 pm
What stands in the Plotz Letter? I'm a little curious about it, because I haven't me subscribed at Vinyar Tengwar....
2151
jsbennett@...
Feb 22, 2000 12:36 am
_omentië_ is translated as "meeting". My question is what are the words for "met" and "meet"? I have been unable to find any attested translations. I believe...
2152
Ryszard Derdzinski
maggot@...
Feb 22, 2000 12:36 am
Mae govannen, mellyn! Suilad o Tor-nanwaith. Welcome, friends! Wishes from Poland. What do you think about the etymologies below? Núath [UT: 36, WJ: 182,...
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Didier Willis
didier.willis@...
Feb 22, 2000 12:36 am
... The declension of the Quenya nouns _cirya_ "ship" and _lasse_ "leaf", with a few additional notes. Most of this is available in other publications, anyway,...
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estgaido@...
Feb 23, 2000 1:38 am
A short time ago a Quenya riddle contest took place, Josu Gomez against the feanorians; I helped the feanorians with this riddle, and we would have won if it...
