... But the floor may well be made of earth! / B.Philip Jonsson B^)> -- mailto:bp.nospam@... mailto:bpjonsson.nospam@... (delete .nospam) ...
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James McCleary
PUEYMCCLEARY@...
Oct 1, 2000 10:05 pm
Thanks for the suggestions for Puey: Pyu'we:on, Piuve, Piuveo(n), Piuvo, and Piuvi. Since "Puey" is no doubt related to words like "Phew!" or "Pee-yoo," ...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Oct 1, 2000 10:05 pm
... 'Xcuse me, but happy new WHAT year? What Calendar are you refering to? Andreas _________________________________________________________________________ ...
3465
Eleder
josugp@...
Oct 1, 2000 10:05 pm
... Well, for many old Spanish politicians... it's a jargon ;)))) Eleder Bosque Verde...
3466
junni@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
I'm trying to translate some phrases into quenya but I have a problem with expressing a verb that is being an object of another verb. I know the case of _man...
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Dima Leshchinskii
nukem-d@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
Hello elflingers! I would like to tell you about a project I have been working on for some time now: The Active Worlds Elvish School. What I am trying to do...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
... **Not much. In fact I have not written anything new recently -- until today -- today I wrote a short poem. Maybe you will like it. Any suggestions of...
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Ben Chism
bwchism@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
... The two renditions I found for Chisholm were "Place(field/plain) good for cheese making" and "well-watered plain". The second would be easiest to render...
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Greg Dyke
g_dyke@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
... Yes, but not in the sentence put forward. I think it would be no compliment using the instrumental (the idea must be to say pretty much the same as ...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
... There is a noun meaning "odour" (in a neutral sense): "holme". Maybe you could cal yourself "Holmea"? Lukas...
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David Grimfors
dgrimfors@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
I think he is refering to the Jewish Calendar. Namárie //David "Meldon" Grimfors ... 'Xcuse me, but happy new WHAT year? What Calendar are you refering to? ...
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Richard F. Smit
r.f.smit@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
... *L* ... As always, my first port of call is Ardalambion. Perfect: THUS- Q. _saura_ "foul, evil-smelling, putrid" However, this is the same root as...
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Richard F. Smit
r.f.smit@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
Hello folks, I'm having trouble with putting "chosen one" - with Hammer Horror overtones - into Quenya. So far, I have _nahostano_ "hoo-hosta-na-no", with this...
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Didier Willis
didier.willis@...
Oct 2, 2000 11:32 pm
... Rather weird question... I don't know many persons who would enjoy being called "stinker". But well, Orcs and many devices by Melkor did stink, so we...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
Oct 3, 2000 12:08 am
Hi, all, Didier's comment/complaint on topicality is the third one that has been posted to the list lately. The other two were from the same person, and since...
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Mike Adams
abrigon@...
Oct 3, 2000 11:19 pm
Well, I suspect the Elves did have a word for it, it is natural, but
they also may have had another word for a like thing that was not
natural, like...
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Gildor Inglorion
gildor@...
Oct 3, 2000 11:19 pm
... i might of course err, and there are people with better knowledge than me, ... hm...as i understand it, it means "i am departing to the Sleep" (=sleeping ...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Oct 3, 2000 11:19 pm
... What, exactly, is an "respective"? Are there any real-world languages that have case called "respective", and if yes what function(s) do it fulfil? Andreas...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Oct 3, 2000 11:19 pm
... I beg your pardon, Greg, but I think you are not right. I will try to put my reasons forward as clear as I can... 1) The shining of the eyes is indeed...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Oct 3, 2000 11:19 pm
... Od: Richard F. Smit <r.f.smit@...> ... Is not there the verb "cilta-" "to chose" (just out of my memory) ? Then "the choosen one" could be...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Oct 3, 2000 11:20 pm
In my opinion in the cases described you should use the simple aorist infinitive, because the -ie infinitive is rather a gerund, and I think it should be used...
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David Kiltz
kiltzd@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
... In HoME we have _essecilme_ "namechoosing". That wd yield a root _cil-_ "to choose". So chosen wd be _cilina_ or _cilda/cilla_. Made into a masculine noun...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
... remember), ... Or the participle should be "ciltaina";? I do not know - if so, then we get "Erciltaino". It souns better to me, it has a better rhythm... ...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
... Your suggestion could work, but we have _cilme_ as a verbal noun "choice" in MR somewhere, suggesting a verbal root *_cil-_. Primitive Elvish *kilnaa ...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
... **There is, but it is NOT given by Tolkien in any published source! It is coined by a Tolkien fan, I think by Helge Fauskanger. But it is a good word and...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
... **I would say _autan(ye) fumien/lorien_ "I go away in order to sleep/slumber" (_lor-_ "slumber") i.e. "I go away for sleeping". ... **I would say _a tule...
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Eleder
josugp@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
... That you have _cil-_ for "choose"... (isolated from _essecilme_, "namechoosing", and you can take from that _Cilmaino_, perhaps :) Or simply _Cilmaina_......
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Eleder
josugp@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
... I think _lelyan fumienna_ would be ok... It's true it can be better to use the dative, being the "small version" of the allative, but I'd understand that...
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Eleder
josugp@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
On 1 Oct 2000, at 21:44, Ales Bican wrote: Nice poem :)) Only a few things... ... Whay _oore inya_, and not _oorenya_? I think _inya_ is to be used only in a...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:31 am
Aiya! I had been searching for a word 'pleasant' in Quenya. I've heard that there is a suitable word in Qenya Lexicon - _iq(u)ista_ 'to please'. But before...
