... I can remember a wonderful David Salo's Sindarin translation of the Beatles' song "Let it be" (published in "Amon Hen"). David expressed the phrase 'let is...
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Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn@...
Jun 1, 2001 10:19 am
... (eg in "annui" in the King's Letter). I had to confess I don't know, but said _-oo-yaa_ would be a possible origin. This of course wouled be adjectival...
5029
David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Jun 1, 2001 10:46 am
... I think it is _anna_ "gift" + _táro_ "lord" (cf. _tári_ "queen" in _Elentári_). In compounds a word like _táro_ becomes _-tar_ (with loss of final...
5030
David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Jun 1, 2001 11:04 am
... Yeah, I thought you were thinking of that ending and of course I can't say that's wrong. Still it looked to me that a direct derivation from LEPET was more...
5031
David Salo
dsalo@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:57 pm
... -ui has probably a variety of origins. In the case of annui, I think it is simply Eldarin *andûyâ > Old Sindarin andûia > S annui. It might be from...
5032
David Salo
dsalo@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:39 pm
Crebain is the Sindarin word for a type of crow found in the southern Misty Mountains, Fangorn Forest and Dunland. Its singular is very likely _craban_, as is...
5033
Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jun 2, 2001 12:52 am
I just uploaded Lesson 15 of my Quenya course, added to the file already including lessons 11-14 (you'll have to scroll down): ...
5034
Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn@...
Jun 3, 2001 5:55 pm
Gnomish or _i-lam na-Ngoldathon_ is a very early (c. 1917) stage of the Celtic-like Tolkien's language that later (c. 1951) became Sindarin. In the "Gnomish...
5035
crescent781@...
Jun 3, 2001 6:13 pm
5036
mskala@...
Jun 3, 2001 11:42 pm
In the context of a discussion in talk.bizarre I recently composed the following, which may be of interest: "Corma i firiníssen Corma a carcar rilerenyë ...
5037
Angasule
angasule@...
Jun 4, 2001 2:28 am
I made the name 'Glaerdir', meaning poem-maker or bard, I want to keep 'Glaer' there, but I'm wondering if -dir is correct? should the 'd' change or another...
5038
D. Daniel Andriës
uialdil@...
Jun 4, 2001 6:06 pm
Angasule deithant: I made the name 'Glaerdir', meaning poem-maker or bard, I want to keep Glaer' there, but I'm wondering if -dir is correct?...
5039
Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn@...
Jun 4, 2001 7:29 pm
Dear Friends Welcome to "The Silmarillion in Elvish Project" which is an attempt to translate fragments of "The Silmarillion" by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien into...
5040
David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Jun 4, 2001 8:00 pm
... Exactly. It is a word meaning "man" (male). So it _is_ subject to lenition. Cf. Saruman's Sindarin name _Curunír_ ('Lân). (Possibly also in _dagnir_)....
5041
D. Daniel Andriës
uialdil@...
Jun 4, 2001 10:46 pm
... According to the Etymologies, it is from DER-. NDER- is a strengthened form of DER-, and produces S. 'daer', meaning 'bridegroom', a clearly different word...
5042
paradoxkiller14@...
Jun 5, 2001 3:02 am
Who created this!? http://www.creator.org/ What the!? http://www.wcotc.com/revm/ They even have an email list! creativity-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Another...
5043
John Cowan
cowan@...
Jun 5, 2001 3:50 am
... This may be a concealed advertisement, or a genuine piece of outrage. I can't tell for sure. In any case, it is OFF TOPIC. And no, it is not against the...
5044
Finsen, Graeme John H...
finsen@...
Jun 5, 2001 3:52 am
nope, it's just advertising. ... From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@...] Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2001 1:51 To: elfling@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [elfling]...
5045
Mike Adams
abrigon@...
Jun 5, 2001 4:35 am
I wonder, that since most of the writing systems that we know of,
started as pictografs/ideografs, the syllybaries, the finally alphabets,
that Tengwar went...
5046
Stephen C. Conte
conte@...
Jun 5, 2001 4:51 am
What is the reason for posting this item to this list? I may be mistaken, but I believe this post is a thinly veiled promotion of this hate group. Posts like...
5047
David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Jun 5, 2001 9:40 am
... Okay, whatever Tolkien's later ideas about _-dir_. What we have is _-dir_ in some contexts and _-ni(i)r_ in others. So it seemed to me that Tolkien decided...
5048
David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Jun 5, 2001 9:46 am
On Dienstag, Juni 5, 2001, at 05:52 Uhr, Finsen, Graeme John Hans ... Yeah seems so. And it shd be banned too, I think. We don't need any of that sick...
5049
Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Jun 5, 2001 10:49 am
... Apparently, Rúmil's script was created as an entirely original invention. The Annals of Aman (HM X) states that Rúmil, in the year 1179, "first devised...
5050
Mike Adams
abrigon@...
Jun 5, 2001 11:33 am
On the other note, old names of what we call the parts of the Alphabet,
had a meaning, such as Alif, Beth I believe mean like Ox, and House. But
these letters...
5051
Lola Lee
lola@...
Jun 5, 2001 4:16 pm
There's a reference to a pdf available from the movie site that was mentioned at http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie.htm . . . however, I have been unable to...
5052
sorceress_silverthyme...
Jun 5, 2001 5:54 pm
im new to the group as of today and i just receaved the hobbet and the lord of the ring series i have not read them as of yet but i have seen the movie...
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Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn@...
Jun 5, 2001 11:22 pm
... Because you mention my website I want to answer your question. The PDF file is still there (at http://www.lordoftherings.net) - simply click an entry about...
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David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Jun 6, 2001 10:01 am
... I think *_siilaro_ / _siilare_ cannot be posited for mature Quenya. We have _eques_ "he/someone said". That shows the short form. The long form (with...
5055
Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn@...
Jun 6, 2001 8:00 pm
... have _eques_ "he/someone said". That shows the short form. The long form (with rhotacism) wd be used with object affixes (?), so _equeros_ "he said it"....
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Jun 6, 2001 8:47 pm
... Well, I still think those forms may very possibly be valid in Mature Quenya, but had I written that list today, I'd probably given _siilas_ "he/she/it is ...
