Hello, A while back Helga F. wrote about a possible use of ninya for a word showing first person singular possession. I recently saw in Petri Tikka's excellent...
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Dan Yetman
ffvi_locke_cole
Sep 23, 2010 3:35 am
So an Elvish Sitcom might be called "Lenya, Ninya, Menya"?...
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Damien
elendil.voronda
Sep 23, 2010 3:36 am
... Sorry if I misunderstood your words. Perhaps I should not be so "hasty", as one Fangorn might have said. One more thought, however: I've been checking the...
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matthias liszt
gunananda
Sep 23, 2010 3:36 am
Well, I'd like to say that Thorsten fully expressed what I meant. About my comparison with Yiddish, Swiss German and so on I'd like to say that it is difficult...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 23, 2010 4:22 am
The term "Neo-Quenya" seems to mean different things to different people. I remember editing wars on Wikipedia, the controversy hinging on whether "Neo-Quenya"...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Sep 23, 2010 1:34 pm
... See http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/quenya_pronouns.html especially the beginning of chapter 5. Cheers, * Thorsten...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Sep 23, 2010 1:35 pm
... I don't think that anyone claims that the difference would be in structure. The claim is that the difference is in the completeness of our knowledge....
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Sep 24, 2010 1:00 am
... Lenya - your, yours Senya - His, Hers its Menya Ours ????? - yours Tenya -Theirs _Ninya_ and _menya_ are attested, as are _nin_ "for me" and _men_ "for ...
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Roman
rausch_roman
Sep 24, 2010 3:32 pm
... But why would it have something to do with the dative? It rather looks like the n-movable of Ancient Greek to me, _ni-_ is extended to _nin-_ in order to...
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iiipitaka
Sep 26, 2010 12:12 pm
... any ... Certainly you have. The Sindarin text in lines 99-103 of the revised "Lay of Leithian" is entirely uncommented and unexplained, yet is also ...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Sep 28, 2010 3:42 am
... Well, here we're using 'Quenya' to refer to two different things. If you think of a hierarchy Quenya: * Tolkien-made Quenya * Neo-Quenya * ... in analogy...
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Evenstar
evenstar62
Sep 28, 2010 1:06 pm
Hi! Just some news... Do you know that the greater solar boat ever built, has just started a world tour. It's name is MS Túranor derived directly from...
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Christopher Gonzales
mormonlds98
Sep 29, 2010 6:04 pm
Can someone exp to or guide mean tolkien ‘s etymologies in the lost road book what do it mean ? can I use it to find a new What if i want a word/words that ...
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George M
pans_lair
Sep 29, 2010 6:05 pm
This is VERY much in line with what I believe needs to happen with Quenya if it would continue to grow into a practical, SPOKEN language. Quenya must evolve...
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lsgallant
firielperedhel
Sep 29, 2010 6:05 pm
That is really cool! ;-) Laurinda Gallant ________________________________ From: Evenstar <evenstar62@...> To: elfling@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue,...
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CLH harding
clh8518
Sep 29, 2010 6:05 pm
Cool Was the element 'túr' ever explained in the Lord of the Rings though? Because if not it's not exactly derived "directly fromthe Lord of the Rings" is it?...
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slasher_tb
Sep 29, 2010 6:05 pm
I think it's cool that they are looking at Elvish names with good eyes, they definitely sound fair. I have to hand it to the Swiss! Although I must say that...
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CLH harding
clh8518
Sep 29, 2010 6:06 pm
Come to think about it, I don't think the name's quite right. Túranor, like you wrote, would be right, but on the sight they've got Tûranor. I'm not an...
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CLH harding
clh8518
Sep 29, 2010 6:06 pm
*site Here I am nitpicking over the right kind of accent mark, and I can't even spell a word my own language. ... From: Evenstar <evenstar62@...> Subject:...
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CLH harding
clh8518
Sep 30, 2010 1:07 pm
... Although I must say that Túranor wouldn't translate as "The Power of the Sun" as they wanted but rather as "Master of the Sun" or "Victor over the Sun"...
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slasher_tb
Sep 30, 2010 10:22 pm
But not "power" in the sense of "energy" think about it. I think 'tûr' is more like "mastery" rather than "energy"....
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Kris Kowal
cowbertvonmoo
Oct 3, 2010 3:52 am
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...
