... Alae! The most common word for 'dark' in Q. is more/morna. There is -I believe- no specific word for 'diamond', but the word for 'jewel' would be an ...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Mar 19, 1999 1:02 pm
Someone on this list (sorry guy I erased your message...) complained that it was difficult to understand the learning process of the Elvish Tongues as seen on...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Mar 19, 1999 1:02 pm
In "Essekenta Eldarinwa" (WJ, p. 392) Tolkien wrote : "At a later stage [of Primitive Quendia] the so-callaed *kalat- stems were extended from the disyllabic...
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amanda england
englandamanda@...
Mar 19, 1999 1:02 pm
Dear Andreas, I belive that because Tolkien was Cathloic, it was not a coincidence. ... Manda Panda ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/elfling Free...
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Didier Willis
dwillis@...
Mar 21, 1999 6:04 pm
... Hi Edward, (I guess that the first of your message I dare to answer, old fellow:) Your assumption is convincing and seems very probable. Nevertheless I...
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Simo Ahava
peregrin@...
Mar 21, 1999 6:04 pm
Tolkien started working on Quenya way before he started on Silmarillion, so my idea would be, that he had the word el-,elen already figured out before he wrote...
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Anzak Wolf
anzak@...
Mar 21, 1999 6:04 pm
Thank you for the insight. I did not realize that the Elvish was in such a state of chaos so to speak. I thought from the way everone talked that it was...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Mar 21, 1999 6:04 pm
... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's not my name, nor is it my correct e-mail. But that's probably only a "computer"; error. ;-) For...
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Thorwald Peeters
thorkien@...
Mar 21, 1999 6:04 pm
Hi, I'm not really concerning myself with the many tongues of Arda, but I've got a few questions: I know of a metal band (music, if you would call it that)...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Mar 21, 1999 6:04 pm
... Sorry folk, but my memory didn't work properly when I wrote this above; I read "eleni" as a genitive, not a plural. But I stll don't seem to get any...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Mar 21, 1999 6:04 pm
... believe- ... Note that _Morimiire_ would be a feminine name. But in analogy w/ masc names like _Artamir_, we could create a name _*Morimir_. Or we could...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Mar 21, 1999 11:32 pm
... There is a root KIR: it means "to cleave" or "to split", that is, to cut into two pieces along a more-or-less straight line. Its derivatives are ...
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peregrin@...
Mar 23, 1999 3:30 am
Hm, I noticed the error in my signature, maybe too late for it has been posted in a couple of messages earlier. I wrote: /Nai i calim valaron sile...
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peregrin@...
Mar 23, 1999 3:30 am
... Yes, but couldn't people interpret your 'Morimiiro' word by looking it as 'Mori-miir' + genitive ending -o? Thus it would be 'Dark of jewel'. Simo Ahava ...
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Beregond. Anders Sten...
beregond@...
Mar 23, 1999 3:39 am
Thorwald Peeters, mellon! You asked about the meaning of _Cirith Gorgor_. The name is used in _The Lord of the Rings_ for the main pass into Mordor, the one...
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Simo Ahava
peregrin@...
Mar 23, 1999 3:59 am
Dear members of the Elfling mailing list, my project, Parma Yaaro, has moved to a new site due to problems of connections coming from abroad. The new address...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Mar 23, 1999 3:59 am
... Chaos is a too strong word, but we're not far from it. :-) <snip> ... Tolkien was English, he wrote mostly for the English and the informations on how to...
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Simo Ahava
peregrin@...
Mar 23, 1999 3:59 am
... Hm, I was having a nice time browsing the web for some wordlists, when my eye stuck on one wordlist where the Anta meant Give as a verb, and 'Face' as a...
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Didier Willis
dwillis@...
Mar 23, 1999 3:59 am
(That post is already one-week old, but I was too busy to answer earlier.) ... Where have you read that /bh/ has the "same sound as /b/, but more explosive" ?...
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David Kiltz
kiltzd@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:29 pm
... I agree with Andreas. The masculine form of the name should be 'morimir'. The forms without final vowel (e.g. Hostamir, Atanamir) are due to the well-known...
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David Kiltz
kiltzd@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:29 pm
... Note that 'classical' and 'classic' are not wholly synonymous*. So there is a functional difference. The derivational morpheme -al forms adjectives from...
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Jay Lawson
lawson@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:29 pm
... I have not read that anywhere. I freely admit to not being an expert on linguistic topics, so the terms I use to make my points are not usually ...
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Lisa Star
amlug@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:29 pm
... Hail all! I'm searching someone who could help me in traducting the name "Darkdiamond" in Quenyan. So, if thou can help me, don't hesitate! **Sorry to take...
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bican@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:29 pm
<3.0.5.32.19990319171756.0079fe4-@...> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/elfling/?start=443 ... Sorry, but I didn't exactly...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:29 pm
... a word in English and get the Elven root for it, but I can not figure out how to look up a word in Elven and get the English. The Ardalambion indices and...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:29 pm
... masc ... use ... as 'Mori-miir' + genitive ending -o? Thus it would be 'Dark of jewel'. ... Perhaps, but it seems to be common way of derivate names in Q,...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:29 pm
... above; ... looks ... any ... my ... 'Face' ... I still don't get want it's intended to mean. "May the Stars shine on gifts thou"? If you mean simething...
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Matt Beaney
moricurunir@...
Mar 25, 1999 12:30 pm
Hi, The whole sig is supposed to say:- "May the stars shine upon your faces." which is a quote from LotR, (Elrond at setting forth of the fellowship if you...
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Simo Ahava
peregrin@...
Mar 26, 1999 11:29 am
... I am very sorry for this confusion, it seems that I replied to the wrong message. The original reply was meant for the: "A random idea.." message. Sorry...
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Simo Ahava
peregrin@...
Mar 26, 1999 11:29 am
... Well Quenya gives -lya as the suffix for your, so antalyannar would be 'your faces'. ... Simo Ahava ... Parma Yáro ... /Nai i caale Valaron sile...
