The verb _naitya-_ "to put to shame; damage, hurt" (QL:65) is indeed interesting... there's only one other kind that I've found glossed in my sources so far,...
Anyone with a copy of the appropriate Parma Eldalamberon, could you please shed some light of knowledge hither concerning JRRT's older words for these? bog...
Hey! Does anybody know of any attested examples of the verb "to close". The only ex I found are: PAHTA (close - adj) from - PAK - (VT39). I also found...
Hello, I am relatively new to this group and have been taking the Quenya course. I'm a bit confused about a few things because I am reading from different...
... -- Apparently the rule holds regardless of how the word should be syllabified. However, there was some discussion about the word _Imladris_, and I must...
... However _chuinar_ doesn't appear lenited to me, rather Nasal, Stop or That-Whatever-You-Want-to-Call-It ;P (I don't remember the longer name of the theory...
Dear Elfinglist, My name is Carter Cheney, I live in Northern Utah. I have studied, if not thoroughly, at least for a long time, Chinese, Mongolian and other,...
Hi, I'm new to the list. I'm thinking about getting a tattoo in Quenya, but I want to make sure that my translation is correct before it's permanently...
Hello there evrybody. I listen to your discussions for some time now and I think it is time to do something. I decided I will translate "Lake of Fire" by Meat...
If you speak or write Spanish and are interested in helping a Spanish-speaker who is interested in help with practicing Quenya, please contact Christina at...
Welcome. ... QL (the old Qenya Lexicon) doesn't seem to have a unique word for this... or "lichen" either, for that matter. www.etymonline.com gives on the...
Hi! As title, I need to describe "A is different from B" in Sindarin. I've consult Etymologies and wordlist of Sindarin but in vain. I try to write _U'-non sui...
Thomas, I find the following translation on your site. Could you point
me to Tchitrec's original here on Elfling? - Thanks - Edhil.
"Az Elfling nyelvlistán...
[...] Concerning double negation: in some languages (especially Latin, the grammar of which provides the model by which other languages are often compared--no...
hello everyone! my name's Chiara,I'm 16 years old and I live in Rome.I'm very fond of the languages invented by Tolkien,and i've been learning Quenya for a...
Sorry for not introduce myself earlier, My name is Maria and I'm from Barcelona. I've joined the list two months ago, and I haven't do anything about my ...
Dear mellyn, I've met a very interesting word in Etym - _barthan_(Aule), meaning "Earth-builder", with the elements, obviously, (m-)bar(land) + tan (smith, ...
Some time ago I was thinking about the formation of _Valinor_; I think it comes from _Vali_, plural of _Vala_, and _nóre_ (as _Númenóre_ > _Númenor_),...
I read somewhere that Tolkien created his books, specifically Lord of the Rings, as a means of putting his languages and smaller stories together into...
Aiya, the name Gar Ainion, "place of Gods", in Gondolin, is peculiar. It looks Quenya, but how do we account for thr first element? Seems to come from GAR-,...
Aiya to All, I love reading and have been translating J.R.R. Tolkien's poems into Quenya, so please look over the translation and let me know of any mistakes,...
In Quettaparma Quenyallo I find _tulco_ glossed as _support_, but in Quettaparma Quenyanna I find _support_ translated as _tulto_. Can someone explain to me...
About French negation (this is becoming very off-topic, but still I think some may be interested) … ... but I do not think it is a double negation... I have...
Hi, folks. I hate to sound like the standard newcomer flitting in to find Elvish-speakers for some minor project or another... but I'm afraid that's what I'm...
Aiya ilyë. Excuse me, I misexpressed myself, I meant formally correct. Indeed the expression of double negations I had hinted at is nothing but wrong under a...
... suppose you're not THAT old :) could find pleasure in such a simple gesture as fantasising about such films! Well, since I have already reached the ripe...
Aiya, let's play a mental game. According to JRRT, the War of the Ring occurred some 6000 years ago, maybe somewhat more. Certainly not too much in the life of...
