I just uploaded an updated version of my article about Primitive Elvish: http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/primelv.htm I have tried to incorporate information...
congrats, only a technical note: in the phrase 'Greek letters phi, theta and chi to denote...', you have forgot to close with the </i> tag after <i>chi. ...
... Okay, ... Aiya, I would just like to add to my earlier reply that I did not mean to change your text by my English translation. Orenyanna is fine, I ...
Hello Given the usually farfetched speculations I am very sceptical about coincidences, but this one _might_ be an exception. I'm rather referring to...
Influences of the 'Kalevala' and of the Finnish language on Tolkien's tales and on Quenya respectively have been subject matter of quite a bit of research... ...
Dear Friends, I am happy to announce that we have started a new place for discussingTolkienian languages. It is called Aglardh, and can be reached throughour...
... Welcome to the list ... It is widely known, after Tolkien's own words, that the word 'Hobbit' has no actual origin or explanation. It was just a funny...
... Thanks! ... Yes, that too. ... Why though? Also in Quenya there is the verb _esta-_ which could also suggest the -st ending, couldn't it? This is where I'm...
... nope... the verb is analysed as root ES+ verbal ending -ta- ... I don't know.. this is just how Elves (or Tolkien) preferred the root ES to evolve. Roots...
... I would like to point out Bill Welden's analysis of the "Ae Adar" (VT44:24), where he wrote: "This [= _eneth_] looks like a gerundial form of a verb _en-_...
It's been a while since I have had time to work on Elvish material. I realize that the forum to I-Lam Arth has been down and that the site is in need of a...
Yet another post from a poor newbie who's asking for help.. sorry ! I've wanted to learn Elven for a good number of years - I actually transcribed some script...
... na ... that ... Instead of "condemned" I would suggest to use "doomed": _barthannen_ (past participle of _bartha-_), instead of "killed" - "slain": ...
Thankyou - that's greatly appreciated. It actually starts to make sense when explained & I can see where I went wrong, so again thank you. Now all I need to...
Hi guys, I've had a stab at translating my girlfriend's (who I met on a LotR tour of New Zealand!) name into Sindarin, please see what you come up with, if...
Aiya. I have a completly unattested theory about the Quenya interrogtives in ma-: The attested ones (which I know of) are: "man" (who), "mana" (what) and...
I was thinking about how translate "Land of Four Seas"; "Land of Seas" could be *_Eardor_ or *_Earnor; being _can-_ an affix for "four", it would be right...
The results of the Elvish Language Questionnaire are in. Evenstar has kindly posted them on her website. You may review the results at: ...
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Thorsten Renk
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Jul 29, 2005 5:30 pm
Recently I came across the question about the origin and meaning of the ending _-iand_ in _Ossiriand_ and _Beleriand_ (and my strong first suspicion was that...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jul 29, 2005 7:53 pm
I am pleased to present a new article about Early Noldorin plural patterns http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/noldorin/early_noldorin_plurals.html on my...
It has been suggested: ma can be declines like a noun... therefore mo 'of what', manen 'how', man 'why, manna/masse 'where' (meaning depending on the Case),...
That's incredible! And I greatly enjoyed browsing your site. Most impressive. I especially liked the poetry (and most particularly, those in Quenya) thank you!...
This is a fairly straight forward translation, but I'm checking with you guys to see if it's correct before my wife has it permanently written in Tengwar to...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jul 30, 2005 2:06 pm
A Spanish version of my Quenya course is now made available by Antonio Palomino on Valier - see http://es.geocities.com/valier04/kwe.htm Enjoy! Feedback please...
I think _ilu_ means "universe"; rather than "world". As a word for "world" you might prefer using _Arda_ (the name the elves gave to the Earth) or _ambar_, as...
... _ilu_ most probably refers to the universe... I don't think that you want this, since not all univese has the ugliness of our world :) also, vanya,...
... [...] I find the word "man" in the sense "why?" a little doubtful. In both the Markirya Poem and Namαriλ the word is translated "who?" ("Man tiruva fαna...
