I'm working on a Sindarin toponym for East Bight. There doesn't appear to be an easy translation of bight or loop. Perhaps it would be adequate to translate...
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Mike Adams
abrigon@...
Oct 3, 2010 1:27 pm
Or circle? Ring? Court? Mike Bight Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...
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CLH harding
clh8518
Oct 3, 2010 1:29 pm
... hmm, interesting. So 'tûr' would be power in the sense of control rather than power in the sense of ability. ... From: slasher_tb <slasher_tb@...>...
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Mike Adams
abrigon@...
Oct 4, 2010 7:08 pm
Illuvatar? Thing/being/spirit? Mike Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Oct 4, 2010 7:08 pm
While I couldn't find anything for loop, Hisweloke's Sindarin dictionary gives *circle* ◈ *echor* *S.* [ˈɛxɔr] *n.* outer circle, encircling, outer ring...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Oct 4, 2010 7:09 pm
A little more digging indicates the origin to be OE byht, which is related to PIE bheug- (> bend, buxom) meaning a bend. You may want to use words for ...
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Kris Kowal
cowbertvonmoo
Oct 5, 2010 5:23 pm
... I'm familiar with "bight" as jargon in the context of knot-tying, where it means a loop of rope, with the ends meeting in parallel. So, this makes sense....
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starinthedarkness
starinthedar...
Oct 5, 2010 5:25 pm
It's been a while since I've been here, but I need help with a translation. Some guy on a dating site sent me a message that said "Nai hiruvalie Menelessie". ...
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ghicks02
Oct 7, 2010 1:27 am
I'll preface this with the disclaimer that I'm just a rank amateur when it comes to Quenya, but it occurs to me that if -lië were actually -lyë, that would...
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slasher_tb
Oct 7, 2010 1:27 am
I don't think the line translates exactly to the pick up line.... as regards to the mistakes in grammar... First of all "lie" means "people" in the sense of a...
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anabel.fernandez11
anabel.ferna...
Oct 7, 2010 1:28 am
"everything is illuminated in light of the past" I found some sort of translation for it, but wnated to know if any of you guys could help perfect it Iluve...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Oct 7, 2010 1:28 am
"Nai hiruvalie Menelessie" makes little sense. _Nai hiruvalye Menelesse_ would mean "may you find in heaven" (and as we see, the sentence is screaming for an...
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josiahmccoy63
Oct 7, 2010 12:45 pm
I'm curious if any information was available on how the Sindar expressed egocentric directions. We have _adel_, which means "in rear of, behind" and the...
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Damien
elendil.voronda
Oct 7, 2010 8:33 pm
... I would argue that the right way to say "in heaven" should be _Erumande_ (cf. VT43:12), since Tolkien apparently concluded that the Eldar would know that...
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slasher_tb
Oct 11, 2010 12:09 am
I disagree, I think Tolkien was toying with the idea of how the locative would look like. In fact there are several versions of the Pater Noster and several...
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Jonathon Omahen
trumpetingba...
Oct 11, 2010 12:10 am
Thorsten, Helge and the many illustrious and active scholars whom I am indebted to: "But there is - one is a natural language, the other an artificial ...
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crowbabe74
Oct 11, 2010 12:10 am
Uum...the 'Father of All,' last time I checked...in layman's terms ~ God. Crowbabe...
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winterhavik
Oct 11, 2010 12:11 am
everything is illuminated in light of the past perhaps: ilqua na calina i calasse yárello literally: everything is illumined in the light from former days ...
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Evenstar
evenstar62
Oct 11, 2010 12:11 am
Hi! Sometimes ago, we had a discussion on my forum. Someone was asking for the translation of an astrological sign. And Maegluin tried to respond. Then, we've...
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Mike Adams
abrigon@...
Oct 11, 2010 12:21 am
Names or what constallaion you can see from Middle Earth? I know tolkien mentioned two constellation? Mike Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...
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josiahmccoy63
Oct 11, 2010 1:57 pm
I would generally agree with this sentiment (for whatever my opinion is worth!), but I do diverge on the issue of terminology. I think that "Quenya", as an...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Oct 11, 2010 1:58 pm
... Hardly. In all likelihood, it is a minority opinion on this list. ... I beg to differ. There's no philosophy coming in from my side - just plain ...
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Anabel Fernandez
anabel.ferna...
Oct 11, 2010 2:06 pm
thank you! ... From: winterhavik <winterhavik@...> Subject: [elfling] Re: Need help with this quote To: elfling@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 10,...
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Jonathon Omahen
trumpetingba...
Oct 12, 2010 1:24 pm
Thorsten, "Hardly. In all likelihood, it is a minority opinion on this list." Then I do apologise if I in any way mischaracterised the community! That was...
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Damien
elendil.voronda
Oct 12, 2010 1:25 pm
... Yes indeed, he was toying with the locative. Yet it seems that the version I quoted (_Erumande_) was indeed the latest one he wrote, and that it was...
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julian.jarosch
Oct 14, 2010 1:35 pm
`However, there is a critical mass of grammar, primarily in morphology and syntax, where we can have a high degree of certainty as to its accuracy.' ...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Oct 14, 2010 1:35 pm
... I don't think it's merely a matter of style. Some linguists at least talk about that as well - that there's a connection between language and the way...
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Josiah McCoy
josiahmccoy63
Oct 15, 2010 6:50 pm
If I may, I'm not certain that there are actually two opposing views here. No one is suggesting that "vulgar" Quenya and Tolkienian Quenya are the same. From...
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winterhavik
Oct 15, 2010 6:51 pm
A recent discussion on Neo-Quenya style provides just the excuse for a replay of one of my favorite translations, from Atwe of the Aglardh website. I love to...
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Jonathon Omahen
trumpetingba...
Oct 15, 2010 6:52 pm
In friendly dialogue: I'll try to keep this as brief and to-the-point as possible, but hey, you know me. :) "I don't think it's merely a matter of style. Some...
