Elvish Linguistics ListThere are some rather strange gaps in our vocabulary regarding even quite elementary things, such as bodyparts. We now have umpteen...
Helge K. Fauskanger
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Nov 1, 2006 10:33 am
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Hi! How could we translate into Quenya the words "sacrifice" (name or verb) and "severe"??? I've abolutely no idea, so I cannot propose something, sorry. ...
Hi, "severe" is the easier one of the two; I think it should be rendered figuratively ("severe" itself comes from "se vero" "without kindness" in Latin) and...
Elvish Linguistics List Elvish Linguistics List ... As far as I'm aware, the gloss "sacrifice" only turns up in connection with the Telerin word _jagula_,...
Helge K. Fauskanger
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Nov 3, 2006 11:43 am
33603
... In the Qenya Lexicon we have: _karneambar_ 'redbreast, robin, adj. or noun', _[karneambar]a_ '(adj.)' (KRN, p.48) _Ambar_ (_-s_ or _-r_) 'breast' is given...
... in "recent" issues of Parma Eldalamberon, like I indexed the Qenya Lexicon. Actually I did for myself an index of EQD on excel. I've put it online. ...
the root of sacrifice is 'to make sacred' With that in mind what about using car- and aina which in English are 'make holy' ? it would make for a literal...
... The problem is, how to distinguish a sacrifice from a sanctification or hallowing.... What about "sacrifice" as "holy gift"? "ainanna"? I would not try to...
LukᚠNovák
lukas.novak@...
Nov 4, 2006 10:17 pm
33607
In making a compound of Sindarin _naur_ + _gwend_ "fire maiden", do you think the end result would be Naurwen, Narwen, or Norwen? Some have told me that -au-...
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... Ah, yes! It is even in my very own index to that work. I guess I just tried to look up "chest" first, but when that didn't work out, I started looking in...
Helge K. Fauskanger
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Nov 6, 2006 6:45 pm
33610
A little over a month ago, Bob Powers in a private communication asked me to clarify my ideas about the pronoun "they". I still owe him a response to that...
Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Nov 8, 2006 12:28 am
33611
... On the other hand there is the name _Eldacar_ (LotR App.A, PM:451) with _s_ > _r_ finally; showing that this rule is probably not quite uniform. ... But...
... From: Roman Rausch <aranwe@...> ... On the other hand there is the name _Eldacar_ (LotR App.A, PM:451) with _s_ > _r_ finally; showing that this rule...
Helge, if your deductions are correct, something similar (i.e. a pronoun pointing forward) should exist in the 3rd person singular. Do you have any thoughts on...
... Oh sorry, I have forgotten to mention that _Eldakar_ is translated in TI:366 as 'Elfhelm', where it was considered as a name of Trotter's father. In fact,...
Ok, this makes sense in that case. Thanks! Thomas Ferencz Let's discuss Eldarin languages - http://aglardh.middangeard.org.uk ... From: Roman Rausch...
Part of this discussion has already been written previously, but I'd like to again comment on Helge's deductions, in particular on what I see the core of his...
Thorsten Renk
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Nov 9, 2006 9:03 am
33617
What seems to be plausible at this moment is that Tolkien though _some_ kind of infix is required in the 3rd p plural form, seemingly **tiruvate was not...
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I've been thinking about this for a while. How to reconstruct a word for "Maia"? My first and easiest thought would be to make a root from Maia, and work from...
... Hmm... I think it depends completely of the origin and use of the name. If it were an evil character, the AU would stay an AU. If the name originates from...
Hi I am looking for the Sindarin equivalent of Quenya _narwë_ that according to VT45:37 translates as "sign, token". Would it render S. _*noru_? Any...
Well, since I haven't got VT 45 and I do not know the stem Q. _narwë_ derives from Im not sure what a Sindarinized version might look like. That's exactly why...
... I think that it would be *naru, with an -a- because it precedes a consonant cluster and therefore I don't think it would stay long (if it was long in the...
Thanks. I had a look at the Etymologies before I posted my question here and I couldn't come to any conclusion. Like yourself, it's all a long list of...
... <tyrhael_idhraen@...> ... It is ... but ... Etymologies. ... Well, the entry in VT45:37 reads as follows: "_NDAR-_ sign. Q _narwe_ sign, token. _nar_. ...
The Sinda cognate - if it exists - does not necessarily follow the pattern of the Q root + suffix combination, it could also be something like *nâr. IMHO. ...
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