Aiya! I was much delighted to learn from the last VT issue about a useful Quenya preposition: _apa_ "touching, against", from the root *(A)PA "touch (not with ...
... This makes me think of Tolkien's statement about the pronunciation of /l/ in Elvish languages in the Appendices E of LotR : « [The /l/] was, however, to...
In message 14958 of the Elfling list Helge K. Fauskanger tells us of a a signature by Tolkien below which reads the words _nai elen siluva lyenna_. To this...
... This was discussed in the Mellonath Daeron a few months ago. Here follows an attempt to summarize our findings. We are not aware of any authorial use of...
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... I agree that Eldarin _l_ was not as strongly palatalized as Italian _gl(i)_ or Castillian _ll_. As Tolkien wrote « [The /l/] was, however, to some degree...
It seems to me that there is considerable confusion in the discussion of past/perfect tenses of Eldarin verbs. That's often caused by lack of appropriate...
... **This is a good point. Actually, it is possible that _únótime_ is not sufficient enough to validate *_úcárer_. Words _úvane_ "withough beauty" and...
... "Faint pencilled markings over the _e_ suggest that Tolkien intended to emend _úcarer_ > _úcarir_ (though the form remains _úcarer_ in At. VI)." ...
In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910's there is a word called _lómë_ (I:255). This is the first occurrence of such a word that I am aware of. There the word is...
... **If agentives in _-ndo_ were formed from the aorist stem, why is _úcarindor_ not *_úcarendor_, given _úcarer_? [This matter was already touched by...
... Granted. However, I see no compelling reason for the assumption that _-Vnd_ is derived from the aorist stem (indeed from any temporal stem). The _i_ ...
Dear Lambengolmor, One recent issue of Vinyar Tengwar (namely #43) has provided us with a number of words featuring the ending _-i/ando_: _lucindor_ (the...
... Yes. Especially the o/e seems to be a fixed binome. Various forms of feminine formations seem to have been possible at various times. It would certainly be...
... **I am glad it is not demanded, since I am afraid I will not get used to it. In one letter you referred to the volume VI and I still cannot tell which...
... **Well, I am of the opinion that _ulle_ may be from *_u.n.l-ê_, sc. the _n_ is infixed and a strong past suffix is added. This is at least how I explain...
The current discussion of a Tolkienian LDB has been both interesting and productive, and the (proper) compilation of such a database will be an invaluable tool...
Aiya! Have you ever thought of creating a linguistic database of Tolkien's languages, at least for Quenya? That would greatly improve scholarly process, and it...
[Another plea for people to please take a little extra time and prettify posts, including text quoted from other posts. In particular, please 1) pay attention...
I've resisted commenting on the discussion of a linguistic database because I haven't the time, I'm afraid, to go into it. However, I think my own attempt at...
I would like to encourage everyone to please sign your posts with your real name. It is disconcerting and strange to reply to the well-reasoned, cogent ...
Greeting :) "With such changes of 'mind-mood' or inwisti their lámatyáver might also change." [Laws & Customs - Of Naming] I can see two hypothesis : 1)...
Hello everyone ! So, I see that Carl has created a new mailing list. And it looks very good. I finally managed to join and I'm looking forwards to being a...
I do not know if this has been discussed before, but having read "Notes on Óre", I encountered the name Ekyanáro, said to be variant form of the Aikanáro....
... Is it not also possible that the _c_ (_k_) is a part of the stem? This kind of formation -- lengthened sundóma and addition of _-a_ -- is typically used...
... Thank you, but I was completely aware of the foreshadowing of Christ in the _Athrabeth_ and the Holy Spirit being the Secret Flame. Yet it is not true,...
There are currently two theories about the etymology of the Quenya word _imíca_ "among" (VT43:28): 1. by Carl Hostetter: _imi_ (VT34:30) + partitive ending...
As stated by Didier Willis in a recent Elfling post, "language and history are intertwined". This brings in the question of the history of the Quenya ...
