... I forgot to quote the example of assimilation _e < ai_ in EQG:45,77 sg _anda_ pl _ande (<ai)_; this is the closer attestation of such assimilation, but it...
972
David Kiltz
tarhuntassas
Nov 17, 2006 3:04 pm
... The six examples given above can, I think, all be interpreted as consisting of a verbal element with different kinds of complements. They can, then, be...
971
Ugo Truffelli
elistir
Nov 17, 2006 4:16 am
I'm still analysing the "Secret Vice Poems" (note that I've discarded some notes found in the working analysis of "_Earendel_" put on-line 15 days ago, I'll...
970
Richard Derdzinski
galadhorn
Nov 15, 2006 8:53 pm
... I have seen this analysis and I have found there as many as _six_ compounds built like _Dagmor_ according to my theory (ie. _dag-_ verb 'slay' + _baur_...
969
Richard Derdzinski
galadhorn
Nov 15, 2006 7:17 pm
I have been thinking about the name _Dagmor_ of Beren's sword (III:344, 350). This is the part of "The Lay of Leithian Recommenced" which comes from fifties or...
968
ejk@...
laurifindil
Nov 14, 2006 2:04 am
In looks to me that the Gnomish noun _saib_ a "boat", according to the Gnomish Lexicon, p. 66, should read "boot" instead. It comes from the root Sayap- and in...
967
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Nov 10, 2006 7:19 am
... My bad! I had intended to reference Mr Garth's published comments, which my own slender observations are merely meant to supplement; but somehow neglected...
966
Roman Rausch
rausch_roman
Nov 9, 2006 3:15 am
... An example for an ancient compound with rhotacism carried out seems to exist, namely: Q _Tindómerel_ *'daughter/child of twilight' (V:385) with the...
965
John Garth
johnwgarth
Nov 9, 2006 3:09 am
On Tuesday, 7 November 2006, at 19:07, William Cloud Hicklin <solicitr@...> wrote ... In fact, I also have something to say on this matter in my...
964
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Nov 7, 2006 11:51 pm
... <johnwgarth@...> wrote: [a very informative post] Erm- that'll teach me to read the endnotes carefully before spouting...... One (perhaps the only)...
963
Harm J. Schelhaas
mithrennaith
Nov 7, 2006 11:49 pm
On reflection, I think that I should relay the following thought to the list. As I had shown Beregond's [Anders Stenström's] initial post and Christie's lot...
962
hisilome
Nov 7, 2006 12:40 pm
... My original objection was mainly to Roman's statement that in _Mondósaresse_ the _s_ is followed by the stressed vowel, which is patently false (if one...
961
"Beregond. Ander...
j_beregond
Nov 7, 2006 3:53 am
... There is an 'acute' below the ascender of the esse. Suilad, Beregond...
960
j_mach_wust
Nov 6, 2006 2:13 pm
Beregond/Anders Stenström wrote: ... ... May I ask for the last sign of the second tengwar transcription of 'Mondósaresse'? On the scan available at...
959
Pavel Iosad
pavel_iosad
Nov 6, 2006 12:49 pm
Hello, ... This is the realm of guesswork: the rule, as given, does imply that we could have _s_/_r_ alternations in the paradigm relative to stress (witness...
958
Beregond. Anders Sten...
j_beregond
Nov 6, 2006 12:48 pm
... The catalogue has arrived, and everything is legible. The words above the second line of tengwar are: "In Elvish language & script" The note in green...
957
"Beregond. Ander...
j_beregond
Nov 6, 2006 4:10 am
At last we are able to open registration for Omentielva Tatya, that will take place in Antwerp on August 8 - 11, 2007. The conference fee is 165 euro. We do...
956
ejk@...
laurifindil
Nov 5, 2006 2:08 am
In the typescript EQG (PE14:85) we have _úqe_ 'it rains', but _uqe_ with a short u in the manuscript EGQ (56). [Both are correct per the original. CFH] ...
955
hisilome
Nov 5, 2006 1:41 am
... Hm. I thought the stress in _Mondósaresse_ would lie on the _e_ preceding the double consonant _ss_ (according to the pronunciation rules as for example...
954
John Garth
johnwgarth
Nov 4, 2006 1:47 am
... The process was lengthy (involving all the spare hours of about two weeks). Among other things, I rearranged QL in the order it appears in Tolkien's ...
953
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Nov 3, 2006 12:45 pm
... It was Garth's book that got me started- he makes some (to me) startling assertions, yet he gives no sources beyond PE, VT, and HME. So how does one (did...
952
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Nov 2, 2006 11:39 pm
... Right. Then can a reasonably firm date be assigned to "The Poetic and Mythologic Words of Eldarissa," and can it serve as a "snapshot"; in time? [Quoting...
951
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Nov 2, 2006 2:02 pm
Since I don't own the QL, I was hoping somebody who does (or the eds) could tell me: in the Parma Eldalamberon edition, are the entries from the "earliest...
950
Andreas Johansson
andjo@...
Nov 1, 2006 7:01 pm
... In Note 24 to Quendi and Eldar, we learn that "[m]edial z < s had became r in the Ñoldorin dialect of Q except when an adjacent syllable, or (as here) the...
949
Jerome Colburn
jcolburn@...
Nov 1, 2006 6:59 pm
... The wild thought has occurred to me to read it as *_ar-cas+ta-r_: an agent noun in _-r_ to a verb *_casta-_ (in turn formed by adding causative _-ta_ to...
948
Ugo Truffelli
elistir
Nov 1, 2006 6:58 pm
My passion for Tolkien languages (especially Q(u)enya) has brought me to the land of the "external-evolution" lovers; even if when I started (6 years ago) to...
947
ejk@...
laurifindil
Nov 1, 2006 2:12 pm
... It could, but then it would be strange, all the same. Noldorin/Sindarin _athrad_ "ford" is not from that root. In "The Silmarillion Index" C. Tolkien...
946
enrombel
Oct 31, 2006 1:32 pm
Dear Friends, I've worked very hard and I'm proud to announce that I finished some of my font projects. I've improved the font Tengwar Elfica and just...
945
laurifindil
Oct 31, 2006 1:23 pm
_I ner eldalluva_ EQG:47 and 79 is translated "The man from the Elves". This translation is not clear for me. Does it mean "That Elvish Man", e.g. the usual...
944
Jerome Colburn
jcolburn@...
Oct 31, 2006 12:32 pm
... *_asare-_ could be from THAR- with prefixed root vowel as in _anar_, _isil_, _Aman_. In the absence of a case ending one would expect the name to appear as...
