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35722 Evenstar
evenstar62 Send Email
Mar 14, 2010
2:38 am
Mae govannen, I've been searching, but I did not find the source of this word. I cannot exclude this is a mistake of my part. Sorry. I'll correct it in the...
35723 magistertuus Send Email Mar 14, 2010
2:38 am
Thank you very much for the suggestion. I have decided to go with an invented word, hopefully in a fashion in keeping with the spirit of Tolkien's procedures...
35724 elendil_voronda Send Email Mar 14, 2010
2:39 am
Hello Kirk, ... I would rather go with Sindarin, because (as far as I know) Berúthiel's name is not fully understood yet, so translating it in Quenya would be...
35725 davidkiks Send Email Mar 14, 2010
2:44 am
... This wordlist is largely based on Das Sindarin Lexikon (www.sindarin.de), itself based on Hiswelókë's Sindarin dictionary...
35726 Mans
mansbjorkman Send Email
Mar 14, 2010
3:08 am
Kirk, Another Quenya word for "cat" is _yaule_, which fits better with the phonology of "The Lord of the Rings". The common practice with names seems to be to...
35727 elendil_voronda Send Email Mar 14, 2010
3:08 am
Hello Benson, ... I must say I am not that happy. This dictionary is mainly based on Ardalambion&#39;s Sindarin wordlist, from which references have been removed,...
35728 magistertuus Send Email Mar 19, 2010
1:49 pm
Thanks to all who replied for generously lending your expertise. Kirk...
35729 Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch Send Email
Mar 25, 2010
11:13 am
... If the "tyelpetéma" is understood to "synchronically" and phonetically be cardinal/pure dorso-palatals mid-way between the velars assigned to the...
35730 Algoroth Draconis
algoroth_dra... Send Email
Mar 28, 2010
7:31 pm
Ok, I know that there is an FAQ that is suggested prior to posting. But as I have more grammar questions than fan questions, here I go. I have several...
35731 Vicente S. Velasco
rashbold Send Email
Mar 30, 2010
9:52 am
Greetings! Allow me to make some suggestions/corrections. ... From: Algoroth Draconis To: elfling@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 4:29 PM Subject:...
35732 morthegil Send Email Mar 30, 2010
9:52 am
... Just found the Noldorin "nifred pallor, fear", my mistake....
35733 morthegil Send Email Mar 30, 2010
9:56 am
... I've never seen such plural ending(is it?) as in "narmote"; "mauya" means "compel" indeed, but it's more likely used impersonally to mean "it compels";...
35734 narbeleth Send Email Mar 30, 2010
9:58 am
Suil! _i nraug_: properly _i dhraug_ (singular) or _in droeg_ (plural) _garteli_: we don't use the verb _gar-_ ("have") in this sense in sindarin _*conui_:...
35735 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Mar 30, 2010
8:54 pm
Since PE 17, we have a relatively good picture how Tolkien modeled the Sindarin past tense (as opposed to the Noldorin forms we've been supplementing in their...
35736 narbeleth Send Email Apr 2, 2010
12:27 am
You are right, however we have _Fen Hollen_ (< _Fen Chollen_) in LotR, and if we assume that the past participle is derived from the 3rd singular past tense...
35737 petristikka Send Email Apr 2, 2010
12:28 am
Hello, I recorded Átaremma, the Lord's Prayer in Quenya, at midnight, on the first hour of Good Friday. The Quenya translation is by J.R.R. Tolkien (published...
35738 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Apr 2, 2010
9:21 pm
... But we know the past tense of _dag-_ - it is attested in PE17:131 as _adhag_ and in PE17:131) as _adhanc_ - both forms show an augment - so this argues...
35739 iiipitaka Send Email Apr 2, 2010
11:21 pm
... LotR, ... and ... _*holl_ ... it? ... the ... Point one: PE17:131 does not specify that "adhag", "adhanc", and "adharch" are past tenses. That's a...
35740 Algoroth Draconis
algoroth_dra... Send Email
Apr 3, 2010
8:46 pm
Ok let me start by saying thank you to everyone for actually going through and critiquing my post. I actually expected it to be ignored. Second, it was asked...
35741 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Apr 3, 2010
8:50 pm
David, ... No, it is of course not hard to imagine. In fact, there is no need to imagine it at all, given that we have examples for nasal infixion on primary...
35742 michiru_benson Send Email Apr 5, 2010
1:08 am
Hello to All, I have a question on the Quenya pronunciation in Helge's Quenya course: In the course regarding the short vowel _a_, it is mentioned that...
35743 iiipitaka Send Email Apr 5, 2010
1:08 am
... long-vowel ... or ... aval- ... (ĂBAL, ... I made an error above, overlooking the form onur (*o-nooree) from the root ĂNOR, past tense of the verb nor-...
35744 winterhavik Send Email Apr 5, 2010
1:10 am
1 Corinthians 13 (the first 8 verses) in Quenya: 1 Qui nye quete lambinen atanion ar valaron, mal melme u' harya, nye na tombo lamyala hya rauta nambala. 2 Ar...
35745 petristikka Send Email Apr 13, 2010
6:26 pm
Aiya! I have translated the quintessential Finnish tango into Quenya: Satumaa "Far Away Land of Dreams" (often called "Fairy Tale Land"). The original melody...
35746 Kris Kowal
cowbertvonmoo Send Email
Apr 16, 2010
6:51 pm
Mae Govannen, I'm working on a Map of Middle Earth with labels in layers for Sindarin, Quenya, and English, with both Tengwar and Latin orthography. I'm in a...
35747 jacoishjr Send Email Apr 23, 2010
8:50 pm
Hi, I was just looking over my copy of Vinyar Tengwar 47 and was wondering if anyone knows the word for 72 (half-gross) that is alluded to on pg 17 (Author's...
35748 Charles Gadda
GammaFlightL... Send Email
Apr 24, 2010
7:52 am
I ask because I'd really like to get the current set of articles from VT 41-49 (Vol. 5b), but don't want to have to buy that only to have to turn around and...
35749 michiru_benson Send Email May 4, 2010
7:19 pm
* Music video with Sindarin & English subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6QdUzf4IIM * The English lyrics are based on phel53's version...
35750 Julian Jarosch
julian.jarosch Send Email
May 13, 2010
11:24 pm
Hej! Some time ago, I’ve written a paper on Quenya from a typological point of view. Based on Tolkien’s claim that Quenya is intended to be recognizably...
35751 Edin Najetovic
enajetovic Send Email
May 14, 2010
11:09 pm
Dear Julian, A nice subject that I would not have considered looking into myself. I have some doubts personally about methods like the SAE that you describe,...
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