... to say. >Surely, questions appear in the process. Anyone to help me ? Privet Dimitry! Kak tam v Maskvie? :-) First of all I would like to know Dimitry if...
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Diego Seguí
tirachinas@...
Apr 10, 1999 4:33 pm
Hi, I need some help. We´ve been making a pronunciation list for some of Tolkien´s names, etc., for Spanish speakers, and there are a number of words whose...
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Ori Folger
folger@...
Apr 10, 1999 4:34 pm
... I am attempting to provide a translation for the Hebrew name Rotem. Rotem is a kind of a white flower that grows on bushes. I'm afraid I could have used a...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 10, 1999 6:21 pm
... Neither does anyone else! But in the absence of indications to the contrary, I'd follow the example of elvish and stress it on the first syllable, but be...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Apr 10, 1999 10:08 pm
... The stress pattern of Black Speech is not know from the published corps. We don't know if Tolkien ever wrote on stress in B.S. But I believe that B.S....
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stonefeather@...
Apr 11, 1999 4:02 pm
... I would think that actually less of a problem than that of the quesse-tengwa, without a tehta, representing the phonemic unit KW but treated medially as...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Apr 11, 1999 9:29 pm
Some remarks on Q. stress and pronunciation : Quenya Word spoken in Gondor Not a few Westron words were Quenya loan-words, like the name of the months and...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 11, 1999 9:29 pm
... voiced ... Eh? Isn't Zorro Spanish? If it is, the "z" should be like th in thing (european pronunciation) or simple [s] (american pronuciation). Andreas ...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 11, 1999 9:29 pm
I'm little puzzled by the word _Maia_. It seems to be the only Q word I can find with an _-aia_. Earlier _aia_/_aja_ became _ea_ in words like _ear_ from...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Apr 12, 1999 11:20 pm
... can find with an _-aia_. There is also _vaia_ "envelope"; (LR:397 s.v. WAY). ... seen a variant _Máyar_ (Maayar_), but if this is an earlier form, the ...
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Aaram Yun
aaram.yun@...
Apr 12, 1999 11:20 pm
Hello, I'm a novice quenya student. I have a question about the word 'atarinya'. It means 'my father', and it is 'atar' with suffix -nya, isn't it? I ...
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David Kiltz
kiltzd@...
Apr 12, 1999 11:20 pm
The construction seen in "man cenuva lumbor a-hosta" (as well as in "man cenuva menel a-cuuna") is currently known as Accusativus cum Infinitivo (accusative...
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David Kiltz
kiltzd@...
Apr 12, 1999 11:20 pm
... A bit helpless, but what about making it Valarian with an imperfect adoption to Quenya phonology ? It is perhaps also possible, that the word was...
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Diego Seguí
tirachinas@...
Apr 14, 1999 11:44 am
Well, I am only thanking you all for the time you took to answer my little questions (in only two days, I got more than I have been able to read!); it's been...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 15, 1999 12:28 pm
... to ... doubts ... voiced ... I ... have ... 'z' ... in ... of ... it?). I ... Is it? According to my encyclopaediae (spelling? -iae in plural?), Z is...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 15, 1999 12:28 pm
... 'atarinya'. ... to use ... case ... other ... The standard rule seems to be _-e-_ in singular words and _-i-_ in plural words. The ending _-nya_ is...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 15, 1999 12:28 pm
... Yes, in Appendix E, section I, the last note in this section (p. 395 in some editions of The Return of the King) he says "Where z occurs the sound intended...
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Thorwald Peeters
thorkien@...
Apr 15, 1999 12:28 pm
tu'Ij (I thought: let's open with another constructed language...) (It's Klingon, and it says "you(plural) listen to me") I'm wondering: What should I read...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Apr 15, 1999 12:29 pm
... 'atarinya'. ... ** Correct. ... triconsonantal group 'rny'. ** Still correct. ... use to avoid forbidden consonantal groups in general? ** We hope so; see...
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Vicentini Emanuele
vicentin@...
Apr 15, 1999 12:29 pm
Let me jump on this... ... Here my only problem is that my division would be quite different (perhaps biased by Italian style division and my lack of knowledge...
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Matt Beaney
moricurunir@...
Apr 15, 1999 12:29 pm
Aiya!! Sorry this is late in coming but I haven't had net access over the last fortnight. Thanks for all your efforts concerning my sig, as you can see I have ...
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Jan McCoy
leonita79@...
Apr 15, 1999 1:39 pm
I am very much the novice, but one area I have a little practice in is names. I would suggest Anneruo from Anna eruo. My thanks to Helge's Ardalambion (Nai i...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 16, 1999 2:40 am
... last ... one, I ... Valannar, ... of ... it's ... the ... English ... You are still forgetting that -r on _siluva_, though ;-) (_i Eleni_ is plural so you...
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Dim Globe
orgof@...
Apr 16, 1999 12:44 pm
Greetings! The question I wanna ask concerns Doriathrin. According to the information at www.uib.no/People/hnohf/ Doriathrin is either a form of Old Sindarin...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:31 pm
... In Quenya y by itself is a consonant, that is, it never can act as a syllabic core: yulma "cup" is two syllables, yul-ma, not y-ul-ma. One problem is that...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:31 pm
... Doriathrin is a bit vague, since it just means "Language of Doriath" and has had various applications. In Tolkien's later version of his language history,...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 18, 1999 1:48 am
... I'd start with The Lord of the Rings in English -- I don't know about the Dutch translation in particular, but I've heard that many translations are...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 18, 1999 11:45 pm
... the ... of Old ... from ... basic ... Doriathrin was ... Doriath" and ... language ... version ... versions ... Noldorin ... arises ... divisions ... Using...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 18, 1999 11:45 pm
Two questions: 1. Do any of you have a True Type font for the IPA? 2. Do you know any website or other source were info on Tolkienian phonology in IPA can be...
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Marcus Smith
smithma@...
Apr 19, 1999 12:19 pm
... I use an IPA True Type font called SILIPA93 (after the Summer Institute of Linguistics). It is available for the Mac or Windows. The Windows version can...
