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Hello! I've noticed this list is pretty slow compared to what I am used to, so might as well spice it up! I want to know what everybody thinks about this. What...
5 Jun 11, 2001
9:44 am

Gildor Inglorion
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... Hi Reinaldo, its nice to see that Quenya brings all the world together! :) (like Esperanto intended) ... Ah Adunaic, a secret love of mine... the fullest...
5 Jun 10, 2001
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Berilac Peatfingers of Brockenborings http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/default.asp -- If you love humor of an adult nature, or just love to share it...
1 Jun 10, 2001
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in the article of the Faculte des Etudes Elfiques about the history of the languages, there is a chart about the evolutions and dialects, which contains...
1 Jun 9, 2001
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Hm.. is anything known about the etymology of the word "edregol"? according to me, it contains the prefix "et-" and the active participle "-ol".. the meaning...
1 Jun 9, 2001
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It seems that Tengwar could be in the "real"world be based on Cirth or like alphabet, but also some influences from Arabic or Indian (East India) Sanskrit and...
5 Jun 9, 2001
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since we have an example like nisse > nis, then why do we still have words like lasse, quesse and esse in late 3rd Age instead of *las, *ques and *es? this...
2 Jun 7, 2001
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I have a question. I know that pronominal suffixes '-re/-ro&#39; make preceeding vowel long. So, if I can express the meaning 'She comes back'(aorist), should I...
2 Jun 7, 2001
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i have the impression that vanyarin, lindarin and earlier noldorin plurals in -ai shouldnt be written with _yanta_, simply because their origin isn't AY, but...
2 Jun 7, 2001
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1 Jun 7, 2001
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Aiya Elfling! I recently translated a Korean poem, 'the cliff'(cheolbyeok in Korean). Perhaps it looks like a word-play. but I like this poem very much. O,...
2 Jun 7, 2001
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... In my opinion, ceredir is from cared+dîr where cared = "making" (as cabed = "leaping, a leap"). Cf. also feredir "hunter" whose plural is faradrim....
2 Jun 7, 2001
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I am a rank beginner. I just joined and this is my first post. Ruth Noel's book tells me to add -r to make a plural for the verb third-person. While -met...
6 Jun 6, 2001
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... 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...
1 Jun 5, 2001
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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...
1 Jun 5, 2001
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5 Jun 5, 2001
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I made the name 'Glaerdir&#39;, meaning poem-maker or bard, I want to keep 'Glaer&#39; there, but I'm wondering if -dir is correct? should the 'd' change or another...
5 Jun 5, 2001
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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...
1 Jun 4, 2001
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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 ...
1 Jun 3, 2001
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1 Jun 3, 2001
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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...
1 Jun 3, 2001
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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...
1 Jun 1, 2001
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... -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...
1 Jun 1, 2001
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David Kiltz wrote: [quote] ... One of several nominal endings. I don't know how to define its semantic content more precisely, but we have takse 'nail', tupse...
2 Jun 1, 2001
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Hello! Begging your pardon, but I have a little question about one name: Annatar. What are the word that makes this compound? They are "anna" and "atar", with...
3 Jun 1, 2001
10:46 am

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A guy asked me what is the origin of the Sindarin adjectival ending _-ui_ (eg in "annui" in the King's Letter). I had to confess I don't know, but said...
2 Jun 1, 2001
10:19 am

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So I'm trying to trranslate the phrase "So Mote it Be" and I'm thinking that I'll have to use "Be it So" but the thought occured that perhaps just "Nai," be it...
3 Jun 1, 2001
9:42 am

Ryszard Derdzinski
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We've pretty well covered 'ry' and 'ly' in Quenya, but how about 'rw' and 'lw' in Sindarin? I'm trying to do a family tree and am stuck on two names: 'Elwing&#39;...
2 May 31, 2001
3:28 pm

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Aiya! How should PE _-tl-_ (like in _*et-lelya_) act in Quenya? Should it become _-lt-_ like _-tk-_ > _-kt-_ > _-ht- in _ehtele_? Same question about _-dr-_...
4 May 29, 2001
12:46 pm

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Aiya! What is known about S _*sad_ "place"? Is it attested in _Gorthad_ only? Namaarie! S.Y., Elenhil Laiquendo...
3 May 29, 2001
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