... e. ... In "Qenya" at least, we have _malikon_ "amber" and _malikondea_ "of amber" (QL:58). Your point is of course that the _e_ of "e-mail" stands for ...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Mar 9, 2000 2:12 am
... My suggestion "tinwea tenke" or "tinwetenke", using "tenke" as a general word for "something written". /BP B.Philip Jonsson <mailto: bpj@...> <mailto:...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Mar 9, 2000 2:12 am
... [snip] ... [snip] ... **I wonder how the Elves pronounced single consonants... Maybe /m/ - [ma], /t/ - [ta],... (guessing from _patakar_). Any idea out...
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OLA Dration
envi@...
Mar 9, 2000 2:12 am
Aiya! just one question - are there any etimological relations between words _nis_ and _nisima_? In Ardalambion index I've found that _nis_ descendent from...
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M. Carver
mcarver@...
Mar 9, 2000 2:12 am
i.e. which elvish (and other nonenglish) lines from the RB is it known to or suspected (not speculated) will be used in the film versions? i understand from...
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Herwig Reiter
Herwig.Reiter@...
Mar 9, 2000 2:24 am
Hi Elffriends, a nice idea! Some things of modern life I'd like to add (all in Sindarin, I'm afraid *g*) Menellond = Airport Palantir = Television Palanped =...
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John Wordsworth
jw130@...
Mar 9, 2000 2:25 am
Didn't the E stand for 'ether' -net mail when it first appeared? I think that this was because they were only used on networks using ethernet cards to start...
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gfinsen@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:23 am
To the best of my knowledge "e" (electronic) mail was around before Ethernet, TCP/IP. I can remember setting up an ancient ARCNet backbone with SMNP (or is...
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M. Carver
mcarver@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:23 am
... If I recall aright, ether (ethros) meant space or the theoretical fluid which filled space, i.e. empty space. The word electricity might be obtained from...
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Didier Willis
didier.willis@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:23 am
... Where did you found that word _niisima_ ? If you refer here to the stem observed in _Niisimaldar_ "The Fragrant Tree" and _Niisinen_ "Fragrant Pool"...
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david kiltz
dkiltz@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:23 am
As the posting of Herwig shows again, the use of _tengwa_ for both "letters" is unfortunate. All the more since in English/French they collided in sound, but...
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david kiltz
dkiltz@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:23 am
... Hi Matthew ! I wd use _Eruanna_ or with a masculine ending _Eruanno(n)_, because in Quenya compounds the adjectival/genetival element precedes the basic...
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Josu Gomez
josugp@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:23 am
... Of course... From Ardalambion: "-ma: ending denoting a thing having something to do with the root meaning, either having its properties or being produced...
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Rich Alderson
ALDERSON@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:23 am
The "e-" in "e-mail" stands for "electronic". The first network mail was delivered via the ARPANET, before the original 3Mbit Ethernet was invented at Xerox...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:23 am
... Well, your suggestions do not take into account an important phomenon in Sindarin phonology known as 'lenition', which basically means that most initial...
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Jerome S. Colburn
jscolbur@...
Mar 11, 2000 8:05 pm
... *Gwillond (if that's a S. cognate for vilya?) ... A las(s)bar or even a lassemmar would be a home for leaves, not a home-leaf. That's why I suggested...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Mar 11, 2000 8:05 pm
So far no etymogy was given for this place name. I propose Arvernien < *ar-barn-iend, "royal protected land". Royal because Gil-Gald was living there ; but if...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Mar 11, 2000 8:05 pm
... I've earlier suggested to apply the word "tanwe" 'craft, thing made, device, construction' ("The Etymologies" sub TAN) to the concept of 'machine', and...
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Herwig Reiter
Herwig.Reiter@...
Mar 11, 2000 8:05 pm
... You're right I know about lenition. But I was following the example given by Tolkien himself. He called the Farseeing stones "Palantir";. I never understood...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Mar 11, 2000 8:05 pm
... Can't but agree! ... It's the same in the Scandinavian languages ("brev"/"bref";) ... My suggestion is also "tence", as a reasonable general word for 'a...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
Mar 11, 2000 8:05 pm
... Actually it is "aith'e:r" gen. "aith'eros" in Greek. ... The funny thing is that it originally meant 'fresh, clear air'! Perhaps it could be used about...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
Mar 11, 2000 9:36 pm
Just for the heck of it, I printed out a list of the email addresses of Elfling's members. There are 357 addresses subscribed (note that this emphatically does...
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David A. Lind
davel59@...
Mar 12, 2000 3:27 pm
Normally I would not disagree with any of the more linguistically minded people on this list, but... (trying not to make a fool of myself :) Wouldn't PHER-...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Mar 12, 2000 3:27 pm
... meaning, either having its properties or being produced by the verbal action in question, or even being a tool used to accomplish it" ... accomplish it"......
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Mar 12, 2000 3:27 pm
In Quenya and Sindarin/Noldorin, a number of words which derive from roots ending in *d and *th change this consonant to s when it appears before an ending...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
Mar 12, 2000 11:01 pm
Hi, all, I am happy to say that B. Philip Jonsson has agreed to become the maintainer of the Elfling FAQ. Philip is much more qualified than I am to do this,...
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Chris Klecker
klecker@...
Mar 13, 2000 11:06 pm
In trying to translate "Varda's Domes" into Tengwar text I have deduced the following. (unfortunately these text area boxes are not rich text format friendly ...
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Vicentini Emanuele
vicentin@...
Mar 13, 2000 11:06 pm
Greetings, From Ardalambion I get the following example of possessive case: cyria > cyriava lasse > lasseeva They're said to be from Ploz Letter. Why the `e'...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Mar 13, 2000 11:06 pm
... The -v- written in Arvernien represents not an _f_ sound as in fêr "beech" (< PHER- ; and said to be remplaced by the word brethil in evereyday language ;...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Mar 13, 2000 11:06 pm
... Well, _palantir_ must be Quenya. Cf the Sindarin participle _palandiiriel_ "having gazed far away" (verb stem *_palandir-_ "gaze far away") with the "t" of...
