elhath * <sp12@...> wrote: ... Well, _quen_, _cuile_ and _óle_ are Quenya, not Sindarin (the phoneme [kw] in _quen_ is not possible in Sindarin); the ...
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Mar 27, 2004 8:00 pm
... Maybe _Dulthaur_ (or _i-nDulthaur). *ndulna 'dark, dusky' *tawaro 'great wood, forest' 'Mirkwood' is an Anglicization of Old Norse _Myrkviðr_ 'dark wood',...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 27, 2004 8:14 pm
Thanks. And I'd also be interested in any answers you had to give to my questions in that last long post I addressed to you (but if that's a problem, don't...
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d_daniel_andries@...
i_degilbor
Mar 27, 2004 8:22 pm
... In Quenya, you have these choices depending on your definition of 'wisdom': nólë (lore, long study) handë (understanding) ista, istya (knowledge) Cuio...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 27, 2004 10:32 pm
elhath * <sp12@...> wrote: ... And of course my mind is sporting a complete blank concerning this handy root... could someone please remind me of the...
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psalm19us
Mar 28, 2004 4:19 am
Thank you all for your input - it is appreciated! I think _Nardal_ sounds best for now. Le hannon, Ithildin (*...
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Celene Estelle
watergirlout...
Mar 28, 2004 4:42 am
i assume attarimarwa is an adjective, which as far as i know form plurals in -e... Celene corinthum <kkearney@...> wrote: Yes, it should be...
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Celene Estelle
watergirlout...
Mar 28, 2004 4:49 am
hi! i've never heard of forming adjectives in -nya, anyway it would clash with the pronomial ending for 'my', maybe simply *quildea? as for 'turiello', it's...
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poketnrjsh
Mar 28, 2004 7:19 am
... That is probably it, I suspect that one of my sources was probably mistaken. Or maybe I made an error myself. I'm not the best in translating as it is....
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kmarino_2001
Mar 28, 2004 7:19 am
I've been trying to translate "be free" into sindarin and with the help of others, the best I could come up with is no lain (as an imperative). I was wondering...
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elhath *
elenyona
Mar 28, 2004 8:59 am
... If this is the full phrase, then it's fine. Suil, Elhath _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail...
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Mar 28, 2004 11:58 am
... Ack! Time is soo short but I'll try to find some! /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@... (delete X) ...
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Mar 28, 2004 12:10 pm
... OTOH show me a natural language devoid of homonymy! :) /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@... (delete X) ...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Mar 28, 2004 12:16 pm
My mailer seems to have gotten the double-reply disease again. Sorry! I'll watch out! /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@... (delete X) ...
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lkent17
Mar 29, 2004 2:53 am
Thanks so much to everyone who responded to my request for my paper! I just finished it, so once I figure out how to download it onto the site I'll post it (if...
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eruantalisse
Mar 29, 2004 2:56 am
Aiya ilquen, since my study buddy has a few problems with his yahoo account, I ... When one emphasizes an adjective it is put after the noun to which it ...
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calwen76
Mar 29, 2004 12:09 pm
... Noldorin ... writing ... do ... I think that I can't - and actually nobody can - say how Sindarin has changed since there's not much material but you can't...
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Eddin Najetovic
eldin_of_cui...
Mar 29, 2004 12:14 pm
... Note that _alta_ has not connotations of 'very'. ... _Alda laureanna_ is presumably also possible. ... For that we will have to look to the possible...
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Eddin Najetovic
eldin_of_cui...
Mar 29, 2004 12:18 pm
... Not having any sources on me, I would say _Daedelos_ is somehow related to a stem in _NDAJ_ (or something like that whereas _dant_ is of a stem in just ...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Mar 29, 2004 1:29 pm
... I confess I cannot give a clear explanation. _daedelos_ comes from DAJ, sure enough, the grammatical structure of both phrases seems to be the same and I...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 29, 2004 3:48 pm
... of our confusing -ing in its two senses in modern English (notice that in this very context Fauskanger himself has to stop and explain the difference in...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 29, 2004 4:46 pm
... of our confusing -ing in its two senses in modern English (notice that in this very context Fauskanger himself has to stop and explain the difference in...
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Eddin Najetovic
eldin_of_cui...
Mar 29, 2004 8:33 pm
... Note that this is _sisílala_ not _sisíla_. Note also that _Gimli_ would be an unlikely form in Quenya :) ... Then again we have other so called...
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Debra Murphy
dlmurphy601
Mar 30, 2004 5:18 am
Many, many thanks to Ithildin, Aaron M., & Morwen for their most helpful replies to our questions on "Mirkwood"; on Rhovanion! Debra & Rachel Murphy...
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eruantalisse
Mar 30, 2004 5:19 am
... men'? ... and when we do we notice it is probably a short form of the passive in _ina_ (since variants of -in adjectives in more regular _ina_ exist). In...
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Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin
Mar 30, 2004 11:17 pm
... Quenya: _nolwë_ Sindarin: _angol_ Both these words actually mean "secret/deep lore" There is also in Quenya: _nólë_: "lore, knowledge". The Sindarin...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 31, 2004 2:12 pm
Eddin Najetovic <enajetovic@...> wrote: Note that this is _sis#38865;ala_ not _sis#38865;a_. Note also that _Gimli_ would be an unlikely form in Quenya...
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William Womack
quildarener
Mar 31, 2004 2:40 pm
In an earlier post I cited Smeagol "creeping in, burrowing" from Old English smiegan as an example of an Old English (and more widely Indo-European) l-suffix...
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Bertrand Bellet
bertrand_bellet
Mar 31, 2004 8:25 pm
... I'm sorry to answer a bit late. I think Lukaš is quite right for the historical explanation, but I do not agree with his conclusion. We have a few...
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Eddin Najetovic
eldin_of_cui...
Mar 31, 2004 9:22 pm
Tencë William Womack ... I was understating of course (hence the smiley) but thanks for the analysis of its Nordic form, I never dug into that (not further...
