Is there a verb 'lilta-' in mature Quenya meaning 'dance' ? If so, where would the stress fall on the present participle, 'liltala' ? T.C. ... eGroup home:...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
May 5, 1999 10:39 pm
... That's true; and that may be why, in a revision that was perhaps not so much abandoned as forgotten, Tolkien had written that "No lord had Nienna, Manwe's...
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Derek Ferguson
eladan@...
May 5, 1999 10:40 pm
... Check out Mens Bjvrkman's web page Amanya Tenceli at: http://user.tninet.se/~xof995c/ . It has information on the Sarati and the Tengwar, as well as his...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
May 5, 1999 10:39 pm
Aiya! ... Ugh, I thought that slave labour was used for that purpose. Then, why did they use such big characters if they were short in "paper"? ... Yes, I...
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Didier Willis
dwillis@...
May 5, 1999 10:39 pm
Hello, ... There is little relation between the kind of writing system (syllabic, alphabetic, consonantal, consonantal with vocalic signs, logographic, etc.)...
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justin_saunders@...
May 6, 1999 11:35 pm
My name is Justin Saunders, and I've just joined the list. I've been interested in Tolkien's work since I was a wee lad. Recently I've just re-read The...
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Matt Beaney
moricurunir@...
May 6, 1999 11:35 pm
Aiya!! Can anyone give me an address for 'The Lidless Eye' image archive, because I can't find it, or the link I followed to it. Also does anyone know how to...
Aiya! [skipped] ... Yes, it seems logical to me. ... like ... But I prefer "t" case. Moreover in the mentioned translation initial "th" became "t". So "Tingol"...
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Derek Ferguson
eladan@...
May 6, 1999 11:35 pm
... Sorry, that is supposed to be Mans Bjorkman. My email obviously doesn't support the diacritic marks I used (I had forgotten that on some email programs,...
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bjm10@...
May 6, 1999 11:35 pm
I can assure all that the sound represented by "f" in Gaeilge (Irish) is not pronounced [v] by any native speakers of the language that I've encountered. ... ...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
May 6, 1999 11:35 pm
... The vocabulary of the Etymologies (late thirties) is generally recognized as mature Quenya, and here we have _lilta-_ "dance" (LR:369 s.v. LILT-). This was...
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Mark Noseworthy
nocturnile@...
May 6, 1999 11:36 pm
Altavista led me to this site, after i asked it where i could learn Quenya. it is at http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/misc/local/TolkLang/articles/Appleyard.Quenya will...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
May 6, 1999 11:36 pm
... This is a thing I've wondered about. "d" and "b" is changed one step; d>l or ... (ghaash)). Is there any "reason" for this, apart from JRRT's apparent ...
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BP Jonsson
bpj@...
May 6, 1999 11:36 pm
... More exactly an English Latinist's saying -- note the non-classical word order with _est_ before the complement! We don't know what Ibero-Latin ...
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Jerome S. Colburn
jscolbur@...
May 9, 1999 12:24 am
... how about solosta-? Solostanen i Ungwe [or "i Ungwenna"?], ar utuuvien i lasse Ardalambion o Aino... or, if one is actually using a surfboard on the...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
May 9, 1999 12:25 am
Aiya! ... http://user.tninet.se/~xof995c/ ... Scribe (for use >with Dan Smith's fonts). It is very useful. Yes, I've been there. Quiet a hard task...
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Marcus Smith
smithma@...
May 9, 1999 12:25 am
... A set of changes in which a velar is lenited more than an alveolar or bilabial is common in real world languages. Accompanying and interacting with the ...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
May 9, 1999 12:25 am
... It is not reliable and it will not help you learn "the" language. It is a very old and very speculative grammar (for _speculative_ see below). ... In...
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stonefeather@...
May 9, 1999 12:25 am
... "Hoom! Let us not be hasty....." :) Z occurs in the Black Speech ("nazg" and "burzum-ishi" in the ring inscription, the word "nazguul", and the place-name...
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Raymond A. Brown
raybrown@...
May 9, 1999 12:25 am
... <nit> In fact the word order is quite classical - the copula is often tucked away, so to speak, in an unemphatic position before the complement or ...
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paranoia_@...
May 9, 1999 12:25 am
Hello, I found this site from the tolkienlang site. I was just wondering if anyone here could assist me in the best course to follow in learning either quenya...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
May 9, 1999 12:25 am
... As I explained in a earlier msg, I meant welsh, not Irish. Andreas ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/group/elfling http://www.eGroups.com -...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
May 9, 1999 12:25 am
... mutation, but while Sindarin lenition is very similar to Brittonic lenition, the nasal mutation is rather different, see: ...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
May 9, 1999 1:25 am
... *rueful smile* I agree, but I just started a new job and am a bit squeezed for time to write one. I'm also a little leery of doing FAQ-writing discussion...
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Boris Shapiro
elenhil@...
May 9, 1999 12:24 pm
Aiya! [skipped] ... The largest Quenya-English dictionary I've ever seen is located on the Tynntangial page...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
May 10, 1999 2:37 am
... reaching ... It is a list, mixing so many thging as to be absolutly unrealiable. It has no indication as if the word is a noun or a verb, and has very ...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
May 10, 1999 2:37 am
... The Z is characteristic of Vanyarin Quenya, and was "lost" (changed) in Noldorin Quenya, as is stated in "Quendi and Eldar, Essekanta Eldarinwa". S > Z > R...
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Lisa Star
amlug@...
May 10, 1999 2:37 am
Edward Kloczko wrote: PS. Obviously Elfling needs a FAQ. **I agree, since there have come up some discussions recently which turned on the rather confusing...
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Raymond A. Brown
raybrown@...
May 10, 1999 2:37 am
... You're welcome! Indeed, may I say how informative & how enjoyable I find all the http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/ web sight? Yes the changes n+b -> mb ->...
