... oameni, vezi, aveti etc. E.g. cf. 'o zi' (a day) vs. 'astãzi' (today) pr.
[a'stãz(i)]. The final consonants often get changed in some
way (e.g. s -> si...
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Celene Estelle
watergirlout...
Mar 1, 2004 6:30 pm
and this raises the question: how do we tell a masculine name from a feminine one in Tolkien's works? I mean, some names have been applied to different...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 1, 2004 6:31 pm
... All the more reason for retaining the unisex-looking -a in Neo-Quenya. ... There's a joke telling of the first European to arrive there being an Austrian...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 1, 2004 6:33 pm
Re: Iroquoian allophony (sic?). Then it would be like the -t- in English "later." Keep letting me hear about Quenya (and other) place names. I forwarded the...
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Jonathan Boudreault
erunantion
Mar 1, 2004 6:33 pm
... Hi, Being from Canada I can tell you that the word Canada is actually derived from the Huron-Iroquois 'kanata', meaning a village or settlement. Thus I...
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Mar 1, 2004 7:57 pm
... Yes. ... Yes, essentially, except that in Iroquoian it happens to /k/ as well, which becomes [g]. There is no /p/ in Iroquoian languages. BTW _Iroquois_...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 2, 2004 4:02 am
... ("Kerry and Edwards oppose gay nuptials") I assume _NQUANOSTALIE_ is a typo of _Inquanostalië_ Correct. Ulcanya. ("My bad"). , I also assume this mean...
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Atwe
percival64
Mar 2, 2004 4:04 am
... The question is rather: is it absolutely necessary to be able to distinguish between masculine and feminine forms? To me it appears, that sometimes Tolkien...
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Nilde
nilde2ru
Mar 2, 2004 5:11 am
Hi! Sunday, February 29, 2004, 12:00:28 PM, you wrote: e> The ending '-iel' means 'daughter', at least, that is what I thought. e> So I do not think '-(n)diel'...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 2, 2004 6:14 am
earrama <tartelperien3319@...> wrote: I translated the short poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. Good choice of poem and wording (in my...
Or (indigenously) in Celtic. I wonder why that happens. ... . There is no /p/ in Iroquoian languages. BTW _Iroquois_ is a French spelling of the Native ...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 2, 2004 6:17 am
Eruanion wrote: Hi, Being from Canada I can tell you that the word Canada is actually derived from the Huron-Iroquois 'kanata', meaning a village or...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Mar 2, 2004 6:25 am
... and vocabulary to modern English, as a way of using and better acquainting ourselves (myself and anyone else reading this) with the former language. If I...
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Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
Mar 2, 2004 10:36 am
in http://www.geocities.com/tyalie/faq.html there is a picture commented by Lisa Star as 'a little drawing of the mark that Gandalf made on Bilbo's door'... ...
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only4frytca
Mar 2, 2004 10:47 am
I'd like to know how one is to make the genetive of a word ending in "-o", i.e. Cormacolindo?...
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David Domínguez
davdomlan
Mar 2, 2004 10:47 am
Hello there. A group of friends and I have been trying to deduce the lirics of the Lothlorien song of the FOTR Soundtrack since we believed the lirics on the...
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Atwe
percival64
Mar 2, 2004 11:32 am
... It remains unchanged. The context will tell if the noun is in genitive or nominative/accusative. Shine on, ===== Thomas Ferencz "Manuel!!! Que? I'm so...
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Petri Tikka
petristikka
Mar 2, 2004 4:36 pm
Aiya! What would the plural instrumental of Quenya words ending in _-ie_ be? The plural instrumental of words ending in _-a_ is _-inen_ (_cirya_ 'ship' >...
28906
d_daniel_andries@...
i_degilbor
Mar 2, 2004 5:18 pm
... You can find the lyrics to the Lament for Gandalf in Lothlórien under "Soundtrack: A Linguistic Survey" at http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie htm Entry #8...
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d_daniel_andries@...
i_degilbor
Mar 2, 2004 5:21 pm
Sorry ... I dropped a 'dot'! http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie.htm Cuio mae, Danny....
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Annalinde Celebelen
annalindecel...
Mar 2, 2004 5:21 pm
... You said I should use _Loselle_, did you remove the "s" on purpose, like mutation, or did you just forget to type it? Sorry again if this seems kind of...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 2, 2004 5:40 pm
... are really clever. LE HANTAN ANALTAVE, a Heru Turuhoopo! I appreciate the encouragement from everyone I've heard from, but it's especially gratifying...
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m_alcarillo
Mar 2, 2004 5:41 pm
... comprehensive glossary of words I've made up for these translations, but can't say when I will send it to the list (assuming it's wanted) Absolutely. I'm...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 2, 2004 5:42 pm
Thomas: Thanks again for suggesting siira, "today," which I plan to use in my next post ( if I ever get it out.) Despite my reservations (I would prefer a word...
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m_alcarillo
Mar 2, 2004 5:42 pm
... restraints, at ... Or you can use the meaning of the word, Nippon: "Land of the Rising Sun". ("Japan" is the Indonesian word for the same -- I presume it...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 2, 2004 5:44 pm
I checked my Qenya Lexicon last night and the meanings given for suq- are "fall, fail, go down, die down," which pretty much fits "subside" here. Or how about...
28914
d_daniel_andries@...
i_degilbor
Mar 2, 2004 6:01 pm
... No Quenya word can begin with 'd'. The Quenya cognate of S _dor_ is _nóre_. Cuio mae, Danny....
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Atwe
percival64
Mar 2, 2004 6:43 pm
... William, you seem to have UTF-8 as the default encoding in your mailer client. Try setting it to ISO8859-1; that might help in showing the accented ...
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Jerry Aurand(Fillan)
aurandfillan@...
Mar 2, 2004 6:56 pm
"As for "Japan", I believe I once used the native term _Nippon_ in a Neo-Quenya text of mine. It fits within Quenya phonological restraints, at least. Or you...
