... **I think this _minno-_ (or _minna-_) is related to Q _minna_ "to the inside" and its Q cognate might be _minna-_ "enter" as well. Cf.: *Etym* stem MI...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:52 pm
... ** ...or strictly under AM # 2. The basic meaning of the root is "up", and _amba_ is the adverb "up(wards)" in Quenya. Thus, _Ambaron_ etymologically ...
3994
Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:53 pm
... to me; I enjoy idioms and wordplay in any language; and my own personal ears like the the sound of "Megli" better than "Morco" :-) ... Use whatever form...
... "Noldorin";, ... _Medlimir_ would work for me ... To explore other possibilities, is there a "Noldorin"; equivalent to _Mir_? ... I don't have a formal...
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Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:46 am
Dear Friends, ... I am dubious about translating Sindarin names into Quenya in the Quenya-translated "Quenta Silmarillion". As I understand "Quenta" is ...
3998
Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:47 am
Dear Friends, It is my recent idea concerning the Quenya 1st person pl. pronouns. I am eager to hear your opinion. The known 1st person plural pronouns are: ...
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Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:48 am
Can anybody help me to find an Elvish etymology of the name _Ruumil_ (_Rúmil_)? In the light of "The Silmarillion" and "The Lord of the Rings" the name was...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:45 am
Hello and happy new year to all! Here is my poem corrected according to your suggestions (and with one or two changes from myself). I hope it is OK now.......
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:21 pm
... It seems to be the Quenya cognate of "amruuun", doesn't it? Then it should be taken rather as the opposit of "Anduune" than of "Nuumen" - that is primary...
4002
Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:21 pm
... Well, I would not call it the object of the SENTENCE, for in that it is implied the grammatical viewpoint (you relate it to the predicate). I would only...
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Lukas Novak
profesorr@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:21 pm
... It is fascinating, how that all fits (as seems to me, no expert)! I think if Tolkien did not mean it thus, he would change his mind if this etymology came...
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Ice Pick
icepick3000@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:01 pm
... It is quite alright. I see what you mean, if I say "that the Subject of my speech" is Horse, in the sentance "The dog bit the horse", then grammatically...
4005
Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:37 pm
... Well, in such cases you've only got word order and context to go on. In the sentence "The cat bites the dog" you'd really have to use normal SVO word order...
4006
vanlin680@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:41 pm
In a message dated 1/2/01 9:22:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, profesorr@... writes: << >In the sentance, "The cat bites the dog" ( and yes, I know, a cat...
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Didier Willis
didier.willis@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:42 pm
... The word for "jewel" is m^ir (with a circumflex in Sindarin) is attested in various books (Etymologies p. 373, LotR App. E, Silmarillion p. 434, The...
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Didier Willis
didier.willis@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:42 pm
... I think is it merely based on other similar examples, such as _makil_ "sword" < CE _*makla_, or _tekil_ "pen" < CE *_tekla_. So yes, this etymology seems...
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Aaram Yun
aaram.yun@...
Jan 2, 2001 10:00 pm
... Does that always happen? There are a few Sindarin names with -mir element without lenition: Faramir and Boromir. Is this because of the nature of these...
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Ice Pick
icepick3000@...
Jan 3, 2001 3:22 am
Nobody commented on my sentance... Either it was sooooooo bad, it was unmentionable ( which I don't doubt ^_^ ), or it was just fine... Or maybe it was just...
4011
John Cowan
cowan@...
Jan 3, 2001 12:21 pm
... And as such the exact equivalent of "Orient", which also refers to the rising sun; "Occident"; referring in turn to the setting sun. -- John Cowan...
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Richard F. Smit
r.f.smit@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:02 pm
... This is a matter of opinion (mine alone, afaik), but I reckon you don't need the definite article in *all* places you'd use it in English - cf. _lumenna_...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:02 pm
... It does, to me at least, however seem quite hard to derive a Q or S verb _minna-_ from the root MI. The PQ verbal endings don't seem to include _-nnâ_....
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Richard F. Smit
r.f.smit@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:08 pm
Hi friends - happy new millennium (based on the counting system we've been lumbered with). I've been meaning to ask this for a while: what do the various marks...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:25 pm
... It's said of Boromir that it's of "mixed" S and Q origin. That probably explains why it doesn't show lenition, and I guess it's the same case with Faramir....
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:32 pm
... What sentence? If you post it again, then perhaps I'll coment it but right know I simply don't know what sentence you're talking about. Andreas ...
4017
Robin Hilp
rolybear@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:39 pm
... Gender question. Are -mir names necessarily masculine, or can they be considered androgenous? ===== Meglimir / Robin Hilp ...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:47 pm
... Actually, there's no adjective in the sentence _Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo_. The reason that no article is need here is that _lúme_ "hour" is allready...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:00 pm
... It's a bit complicated actually. The easy ones is the "bar" (or macron to use the correct term) and the "cup" (aka breve). A macron indicates that the ...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:06 pm
... Well, there's no logical reason they should be masculine only. _-mir_ simply means "jewel". All attested names ending in _-mir_ I can think of right now ...
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Ice Pick
icepick3000@...
Jan 3, 2001 8:41 pm
... So I was almost right, save the mutation of Lorien I spewed together ( ^_^ ) and the definate article what was unneeded. ... I think it works ^_^ Hantale, ...
