In 'The Fellowship of the Ring', LR book II, chapter 2 'The Council of Elrond' we learn the Sindarin name of Tom Bombadil from Elrond's mouth: "Iarwain ...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Mar 10, 2004 10:31 pm
I have published the beginnings of a Tolkienian Linguistics FAQ, at: http://www.elvish.org/FAQ.html The purpose of this FAQ is to provide sorely needed...
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Peter
pengolodh_dk
Mar 15, 2004 7:01 pm
Has anyone tried to translate the version of Gandalf's spell to open the gates of Moria that appears in _The Return of the Shadow_ p. 451 (paperback ed.): ...
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cgilson75
Mar 30, 2004 12:04 pm
... Here is a summary of that discussion: In VT 20 (p. 12) Tom Loback suggested that perhaps "_-ath-_ is a lenition of _-as-_," and that "_diragas_ and...
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David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Apr 1, 2004 1:52 pm
... I know of no instance of 'nin' being suffixed to either a preposition or a noun. Anybody ? [There is _enni_ *'to me' in S. _guren będ enni_ 'my heart...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Apr 1, 2004 3:08 pm
I am very pleased to announce the publication of a new article, "The Goldogrin Past Tense" by Patrick H. Wynne, in _Tengwestië_, the online journal of the...
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David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Apr 2, 2004 10:16 pm
... Thanks for the note. I'm aware of _enni_ and commented on it both on Tolklang (http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/misc/local/TolkLang/Vol38/38.26) and Elfling ...
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cgilson75
Apr 4, 2004 1:03 am
... object proper' and that the presence/absence of i-umlaut (affection) is most likely due to historical reasons (that is, _enni_ represents an older...
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David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Apr 4, 2004 1:16 pm
... I'm not sure. Redundancy can, I think, only be claimed if you assume the root to be 'sufficient'. If not, only determining the status of _-n_ would allow...
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Beregond. Anders Sten...
j_beregond
Apr 4, 2004 4:50 pm
... While I agree with the last statement, I do not think it follows that _nin_ is accusative in _tiro nin_. Is there not a benefactive notion in 'watch over'?...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Apr 4, 2004 11:09 pm
Patrick H. Wynne has written a new editorial for _Tengwestië_, entitled "Are Goldogrin and Qenya 'primitive'?". This brief essay assesses the significance of...
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David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Apr 5, 2004 11:59 am
... No, I too think it is not 100% safe to take _nin_ here as an accusative. However, given that we can identify _enni_ as dative and _anim_ as 'for me'...
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Helios De Rosario Mar...
helios_drm
Apr 13, 2004 12:01 am
In the entry MIZD- of the "Addenda and Corrigenda to _The Etymologies_" (VT45:35) there is a reference to "the glosses of N _mídh_ 'dew' and Dor. _męd_...
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galadhorn
Apr 13, 2004 11:38 am
... The question Boris had raised long ago is very interesting. Quenya is a language being the expression of the Quendian-culture and Quendian-mythology in...
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cgilson75
Apr 14, 2004 11:30 am
... By "redundant" I was referring to a distinctive form or formal feature that the language could theoretically do without because there is no context in...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Apr 15, 2004 7:54 pm
I've noticed that some messages reported as being posted to the Lambengolmor list via its web interface have nonetheless not shown up for approval by Pat and...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Apr 16, 2004 3:51 pm
I should probably note that there are currently no messages pending in the approval queue. So if you sent a message that has not been either posted to the list...
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cgilson75
Apr 17, 2004 5:13 am
The following (edited?) paragraph was included in a post from me ... beings are capable of learning to speak (see Appendix F), it seems reasonable to...
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Florian Dombach
florian_loth...
Apr 18, 2004 2:05 pm
Hello, I just noticed the _Etymologies'_ entry NUT-, where we find: "N _nud-_; _nűd_ bond; _naud_ bound." Isn't this _naud_ clearly another possible case of...
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lambendil
Apr 18, 2004 2:13 pm
In the post 655 (13/04/2004) Ryzard Derdzinski, replying to Boris Shapiro, questions if the catholic prayers presented in VT 43 and 44 could have been ...
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jonathan_avidan
Apr 18, 2004 2:23 pm
... It is also of importance to indicate that Tolkien did have an opinion on the human ability to learn the Elvish tongues -within- his invented world. A good...
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galadhorn
Apr 20, 2004 11:31 am
Today I have published on-line my essay from the last "Gwaihir" (#7, 2003). The text is entitled: "Consonant Mutations in Conceptual Evolution of...
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machhezan
Apr 30, 2004 1:16 am
In message #10 of elfling, Benct Philip Jonsson alias 'Melroch' proposes that Quenya stops aren't divided into three categories: voiced (only after /l, r, n/),...
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BertrandBellet75@...
bertrand_bellet
Apr 30, 2004 11:28 pm
Tolkien's own pronunciation of Quenya may be helpful. I will use Laurence J. Krieg's short but insightful article "Tolkien's Pronunciation: Some Observations"...
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lambendil
May 9, 2004 11:10 pm
In VT45:14 (s.v. 3EL-) we read : "*_Helwe_ name of Teler-lord, N _Elwe_, always recorded in Tel. and N form _Elwe_" I think there is a typo here (else the...
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jonathan_avidan
May 10, 2004 1:10 pm
... It is important to note that at least by the sixties, if we judge by "Notes on _Óre_", for example (VT41), Tolkien had already changed his mind and...
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kyrmse
May 10, 2004 2:02 pm
My page on tengwar-inspired fonts <www.geocities.com/otsoandor/Fonts.htm> now includes Tengwar Hereno, a joint job with Paulo Otto, who designed the characters...
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laurifindil
May 24, 2004 11:54 pm
Hello, It looks to me that lhampa- on p. 66 in Parma 14 is a typo for _hampa-_, isn't it ? From *E skamp- above on the same page I guess. :-) Cheers, Edouard...
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cgilson75
May 28, 2004 1:21 am
Reprint of PARMA ELDALAMBERON No. 11 I Lam na Ngoldathon The Grammar and Lexicon of the GNOMISH TONGUE. By J. R. R. Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Gilson, Carl...
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cgilson75
May 29, 2004 11:26 am
... catching this! CFH] Actually the real situation is more complicated than this suggestion or the casual agreement with it would imply. The 'l' in the...
