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35032
... Although the notes containing _alatúl(i)e_, _amatulya_ "welcome" (PE17:172) were rejected, it does not imply that these particular words suffered the same...
Petri Tikka
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Aug 3, 2008
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35033
The page as such has been rejected that does not necessarily mean that all the elements are invalidated. "Alatúlie" seems to me a very likely compound since...
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Aug 3, 2008
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35034
Aiya! I'd like to ask you about your opinion on this question: Should eldarin stems beginning with W- and with GW- be distinguished? I don't know any Quenya...
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Aug 3, 2008
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35035
You are on the right track. :) But why don't you look at the online Sindarin dictionary, the PE roots of the words beginning with GW? The answer is obvious...
Gil
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Aug 4, 2008
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35036
... Yes, I know, 3 about Q(u)enya. ... It seems to me that learning Neo-Quenya in the blindness of unexplained standardizations is not the good way. Mr...
Giraudeau David
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Aug 4, 2008
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35037
... Fra: LS <verbalasphyxiation@...> Emne: [elfling] Looking for Quenya translation help Til: elfling@yahoogroups.com Dato: Tirsdag 29. juli 2008 05.13 ...
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35038
... And would that 'obvious' answer be that at the time of the 1930s Etymologies, roots starting with GW- produced w- in Qenya but b- in Noldorin, and ones...
Matthew Dinse
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Aug 5, 2008
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35039
Dear David, so, let me give a short summary of what I have gathered: Your chief scholarly contribution to the Elvish community is a French-Quenya lexicon which...
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Aug 5, 2008
12:23 pm
35040
... PE17:154 has three roots in GW-, GWAL, GWAN and GWAY. From GWAL we have e.g. Q: _walya_ 'be excited' _walta_ 'to excite' and Sindarin _balch_ 'fierce' ...
Thorsten Renk
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Aug 6, 2008
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35041
Well, I will reply even if David does not. *grin*   I started out studying Helge's Quenya course because at the time that's all that was available. I enjoyed...
Arthur Boccaccio
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Aug 6, 2008
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35042
Suilad, I'd like to comment on this ... ... In defense of Thorsten, but also of the others who are being criticised for presenting non-attested material as if...
maike
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Aug 7, 2008
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35043
... French-Quenya lexicon which you do not update any more because you feel it is inappropriate. I feel it inappropriate _because_ I think I could create a new...
Giraudeau David
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Aug 7, 2008
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35044
... As I pointed out repeatedly - the reason is time, or better the lack of time. Deciding on a form may be 10 minutes work - bringing the decision process to...
Thorsten Renk
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Aug 8, 2008
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35045
I'm sorry to say that I do not understand this particular line of reasoning by David Giraudeau: ... work (even on only one point) according to the full...
aelindis
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Aug 8, 2008
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35046
ok i picked out what i want but i CANT figure out how to make it into proper tengwar like on the ring... if tried to find good sorces to craft this phrase into...
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Aug 8, 2008
12:26 pm
35047
I am pleased to announce that Volume II of the collected Quettar is now available. This 112 page volume covers issues 11 to 20, published in 1981 to 1984. It...
Julian Bradfield
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Aug 8, 2008
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35048
... rather "grammar of re-constructed Quenya (i.e. Neo-Quenya)" , or as Terry Dock entitled rightly his own grammar : "Prescriptive Grammar of Neo-Quenya". I...
Giraudeau David
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Aug 9, 2008
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35049
... that all the elements are invalidated. "Alatúlie" seems to me a very likely compound since the stem ALA- on page 146 is used in exactly this sense in...
davidkiks
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Aug 9, 2008
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35050
... I would always use an attested Quenya construction, unless there is a definite reason to think it obsolete. Tolkien's ambivalence about LA- and AL- stems...
Petri Tikka
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Aug 10, 2008
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35051
... The root ALA- 'good, blessed, fortunate' is apparently from the same conception as Q. _lá_ 'yes' < _ala_ 'good' mentioned years ago in VT42:33. Most...
Roman Rausch
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Aug 10, 2008
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35052
... It seems you didn't read the Adunaic course either... Just a brief note with regard to my wording: Of course I don't 'invent' new forms of Adunaic not...
Thorsten Renk
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Aug 10, 2008
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35053
How would you all form a quenya adjective from _Eressea_ which already is a substantivated adjective? I don't like neither _eressearin*_ or _eresseaina*_ (is...
Benct Philip Jonsson
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Aug 17, 2008
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35054
Thank you very much, these are exactly the examples I needed. Having noticed that _gw-_ is a quite favourite word-beginning in Sindarin, I didn't see that this...
quenduluin
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Aug 18, 2008
11:33 pm
35055
... "eresseáva" ? Lukas...
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Aug 18, 2008
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35056
... I would start with _Tol Eressea_ and decline _tol_, hence _*Tolwa Eressea_ or _*Eressea-Tolwa_. This is similar to the way Tolkien forms the genitive of...
Roman Rausch
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Aug 18, 2008
11:33 pm
35057
... which could very well lead to *Tolwa alone since everybody (among the Eldar) would know _which_ Tol they are talking about Thomas Ferencz Let's discuss...
TF
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Aug 19, 2008
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35058
What about "eresseáva" ? Lukas ... /BP 8^)>>...
Lukáš Novák
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Aug 19, 2008
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35059
Thanks to Lukas, Roman and Thomas for your suggestions. It seems my tendency to over-complicate things struck again... (Sorry for late answer. I was suddenly...
Benct Philip Jonsson
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Aug 21, 2008
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35060
Okay, i'm new at this, so i could use a little help here. I don't even speak English that well (i'm from spain). I would like to translate the following...
misha_aniron
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Aug 27, 2008
12:09 pm
35061
... remembrance of what still remains of noble and pure in the heart of Men".   You are onto something. The word Nimloth is Sindarin. You could keep it as it...
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