Today I received my copy of David Salo's new book, _A Gateway to Sindarin_ (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2004). While I intend to offer a...
In the Etymologies, root TIW (V:394), we have the curious ON form _tuio-_ "swell, grow fat". I wondered if this was not an error for _*tuia-_ according to the...
(Preliminary note : I use the sign # to mark elements attested only inflected or compounded.) _Sharbhund_ appears in the _Narn i [Ch]în Húrin_ (UT:98) as the...
Meldor lambengolmor, The two latest errata for Parma Eldalamberon have been added to the published list on elvish.org . Keep those magnifying glasses busy! ...
As a follow-up to my earlier message I want to let Lambengolmor subscribers know that Parma Eldalamberon No. 15 came back from the printer as expected this...
On page 64 of PE 14, l. 11, we read that "_<dh>_ > _b_, _m_" as root- modification (where <dh> represents an edh in the text). Should that not be "_<bh>_ >...
In the entry NDAN of the Etymologies (V:375) Tolkien gives Noldorin names for the Green-elves or Danas : _Dân_ pl. _Dein_, _Dağrin_. The latter looks very...
... PARMA ELDALAMBERON 15 ... SÍ QENTE FEANOR and Other Elvish Writings by J. R. R. TOLKIEN ... The forthcoming issue is a collection of early writings by J....
In the manuscript version of the "Early Qenya Grammar" (PE15:56) _ha-matsir_ is translated 'it is soiled' but the verb _mat-_ = 'to eat' op cit.:57), and...
Is the NENG- entry (VT46:3 s.v. NENG-WI-) composed of the root only or has it all the Q. and N. words as well? [It is essentially the same, lacking only the...
Mellyn, Just a short note to let you know that the known errata lists for Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon now are more or less complete. I have received...
CALL FOR PAPERS The First International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien's Invented Languages ("Omentielva Minya") August 4 to 8, 2005 University of Stockholm,...
First, if there is anyone who is interested in getting _Parma Eldalamberon_ back issues 6, 7 and 8, but does not have easy access to US funds to pay for these,...
... I disagree with Thomas's and Sébastien's characterization of _enge_ as an "irregular" past tense. We know from the portion of Appendix D to "Quendi and...
Helge Fauskanger has suggested (<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/30262>) that the somewhat problematic N pa.t. †_eglant_ (VT45:27 s.v. LED-)...
After reviewing the second part of "Addenda and and Corrigenda to _The Etymologies_" (VT46), and comparing the information there provided with the version of...
I am not sure of the correct reading of the corrigendum to the word _Torthingol_, in VT46:18, s.v. THIN-. I guess that it is _Tor-thingol_, but as "Tor-" is at...
In http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lambengolmor/message/723 ... I have realized that calling _s_ > _h_ a "dental to velar" shift is unnacurate. Phonetically, [s]...
The "Addenda & Corrigenda to the EEtymologies_" (VT45 &46) reveal an (at least for me) unexpected pattern of Noldorin soft mutation, though it wasapparently...
A discussion has come up between myself and a friend regarding the correct meaning of the word _peredhil_. Most of what I find seems to say it means...
Hello, As far as I know there was never a clear translation of the name of _Thranduil_ (in fact none at all?), so I wonder what the actual meaning might be. My...
I'm very happy (and not a little relieved!) to report that not only did I mail off the previously-announced _Vinyar Tengwar_ 46 this morning, but that I also...
Reading the recent discussion about lenition / soft mutation originated by the presence of _calad_ or _galad_ in compounds, I get the impression that the...
In Etym. we can find two Noldorin etymologically related words glossed 'light': _calad_ (s.v. KAL-) and _galad_ (s.v. GAL-, in A&C:13). _Calad_ does not occur...
I'd like to expand on Pat's comments regarding the distinction in our "Addenda and Corrigenda to the _Etymologies_" between an erratum, proper, and the...
... Well, Q _esta_ 'name' should be the correponding word. I quite agree it's not to be understood as 'to call' but related to _esse_ name. This makes it...
