... I tend to think the verbal stem would NOT agree in number here, since it is perceived as an infinitive of sorts, not a fully inflected finite verb. ...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Apr 1, 2007 12:55 pm
In the QL, we find the name of the chief-cat twice, _Tevildo-meoita_ 'the Prince of Cats' (PE12:61) 'The Lord of Cats' (PE12:90). _meoi_ 'cat' is readily found...
33955
Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Apr 1, 2007 4:44 pm
... There is clearly a connection with the ending _-ite_, appearing in the pronominal declension charts given in PE16:113 where it is marked 'Adj.' and seems...
33956
Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Apr 3, 2007 11:36 am
The article has now been expanded with the names from the following volume VIII 'The War of the Ring' and I have also added additional commentaries to some of...
33957
Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Apr 3, 2007 1:34 pm
... Very interesting! I read the part analyzing the words from WR, and one thing occurred to me: your analysis that _nestad_ might instead of being from *NES...
33958
Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Apr 3, 2007 3:39 pm
I am pround to present a new article titled "Agental suffixes and gender distinction in the Qenya Lexicon" ...
33959
dirk_math
Apr 3, 2007 5:22 pm
As the date of our conference approaches, I'd like to remind everyone about it. The exact info can be found at: ...
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jerryxam
Apr 3, 2007 5:22 pm
Hi everybody, I'm a recently-registered member of this group and I've been approaching to Sindarin with the LoTR movies. I've also found reading this list very...
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Navaer Lalaith
elvenswordsmith
Apr 3, 2007 6:53 pm
What do Boromir, Lembas, and Caradhras have in common? They have Nasal Mutation in them. What do Caranthir, Muinthel, and Anborn have in common? They don't...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Apr 3, 2007 7:30 pm
... Fiona, I think the perceived "contradiction" is because _muinthel_ is apparently not from the combination of two roots, but a later, simpler compound of...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Apr 3, 2007 7:54 pm
... I somehow do not share this notion. Can you give me a precise definition of what the difference between a name and a compound in this context should be? It...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Apr 4, 2007 6:39 am
... I remember Aaron Shaw's article http://sindarin.weet.us/syntax.html of which a paragraph deals with the attested word order. Since in transitive examples...
33965
aelindis
Apr 4, 2007 8:13 am
... Just for the record: When you announced that you would take this discussion from your forum: ...
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Apr 4, 2007 3:38 pm
... This is certainly a possibility, provided that *STA- rather than *THA- as seen in _ndani-thârô_ 'saviour of the Dani' was already current at that time...
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Navaer Lalaith
elvenswordsmith
Apr 4, 2007 6:32 pm
... That would be for the Sindarinized-Quenya names for Exiled Noldor dwelling in Middle-earth, that name list, right? Well, I've cleaned up the other name...
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Navaer Lalaith
elvenswordsmith
Apr 4, 2007 6:44 pm
... definition ... for a ... or ... name or ... Sorry if I sounded vague! I meant "names" as in names for characters. In this case, specifically names for...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Apr 4, 2007 6:49 pm
... Fiona, Perhaps you could call it "Exilic Sindarin"? Though some names are simply Quenya or Telerin adapted into Sindarin phonology, like _Angaráto_ >...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Apr 4, 2007 7:06 pm
... I expect that you'll get comments on this part — compounds that aren't names can also be made up of words put together. Compare N. _andeith_ from _and_ +...
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Navaer Lalaith
elvenswordsmith
Apr 4, 2007 7:07 pm
... Sorry about that. Help is graciously accepted in this matter. ... Right. Matt just wrote about that as well. I think that when dealing with character's...
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Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Apr 4, 2007 9:50 pm
... Well, the 'Note on mother names' from the 'Shibboleth of Feanor' obviously discusses two different approaches to the treatment of the names of the Noldor. ...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Apr 5, 2007 8:46 pm
... There seems to be some misconception about what Noldorin is - it is by no means the first draft of Sindarin - Noldorin was conceived as a language in its...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Apr 7, 2007 10:47 pm
Last night one of the local TV stations found some pretext for airing "The Passion of the Christ". After Mel Gibson has made sure we get to see every last drop...
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jerryxam
Apr 8, 2007 4:02 am
... object, ... 'an elf ... any ... Thank you very much for your kind answer. And what about intransitive sentences with complements? For example, would you...
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Lakis Lalakis
elfiness
Apr 8, 2007 7:03 am
It's not that complicated. Quenya, as well as some other languages, has initial H instead of CH, possibly being just the same sound with a simplified spelling ...
33977
A.W.T.
aolung
Apr 8, 2007 7:57 am
HRISTOS A ÎNVIAT ! Adevărat a înviat ! (My greeting in Romanian well appropriate this morning ;-) to y'all) Edhil ... Christ". ... interesting turns up in...
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Admiljan Drobaniku
ichthys0001
Apr 8, 2007 2:54 pm
In modern Greek the word for Christ is Hristos, though in ancient it would the pronunced Christos. The fact that Quenya word Hristo coincides with words of...
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S P
elenyona
Apr 8, 2007 6:29 pm
... Excellent, now I know that one too! I have a soft spot for both the Romanian language and Orthodox church aesthetics. The "Christ is risen" phrase is of...
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Atwe
percival64
Apr 10, 2007 7:08 pm
close... close... Hristo is an existing surname in Bulgarian, afaik. Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristo_Botev Thomas Ferencz Let's discuss Eldarin...
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Apr 11, 2007 9:19 am
... Those who are as old as me or older certainly remember footballer Hristo Stoichkov, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristo_Stoichkov> (who incidentally was...
33982
Atwe
percival64
Apr 11, 2007 10:02 am
Hello, looking at the body of Valarin loanwords in Quenya I think the language is as ready to accept loans as the next one... Thomas Ferencz Let's discuss...
