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...
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.): ...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
... 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 ...
... object proper' and that the presence/absence of i-umlaut (affection) is most likely due to historical reasons (that is, _enni_ represents an older...
... 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...
... 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'?...
Patrick H. Wynne has written a new editorial for _Tengwestië_, entitled "Are Goldogrin and Qenya 'primitive'?". This brief essay assesses the significance of...
... 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'...
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_...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
... 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...
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/),...
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"...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
There is a form _neldelume_ on page 50 (footnote #57). Should it read _neldellume_ instead, as it appears on following page 51? [Yes, it should read...
