NOTE: This series of posts are first drafts, for purposes of getting feedback. The finished versions will eventually appear here: https://eldamo.org/content/grammar-indexes/grammars-q.html. I’m starting a new series on Quenya Grammar, cross-posted both here and on Aglardh. This is something I’ve wanted to work on for a long time, but there is
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Eldamo 0.7.4
Version 0.7.4 of Eldamo is released. It incorporates all my recent work on Quenya phonetics. https://eldamo.org/
Eldamo 0.7.3
I’ve released v.0.7.3 of Eldamo. https://eldamo.org This release doesn’t have much new content, just a bunch of minor corrections as I work on analyzing Quenya phonetics. Downloads are here: https://github.com/pfstrack/eldamo/releases For those of you that don’t know Eldamo is a lexicon of Elvish words, extensively cross referenced. Fiona graciously allows
Eldamo 0.7.2
I’ve released v.0.7.2 of Eldamo. https://eldamo.org This release finishes up my analysis of Sindarin phonetics. I’m moving on to Quenya phonetics next. Downloads are here: https://github.com/pfstrack/eldamo/releases For those of you that don’t know Eldamo is a lexicon of Elvish words, extensively cross referenced. I’m publicizing the updated in several difference
Elvish Roots – Before and After
This word analysis focuses on two opposing concepts: “before” and “after”. These saw numerous vacillations over Tolkien’s life, making it difficult to incorporate them into a coherent paradigm. In English and many other languages, these relationships can be used both temporally and spatially. Temporally, they refer to a sequence of
Elvish Roots – Approaches to Neo-Elvish
I’ve discussed in other posts how Neo-Elvish reconstructions (Neo-Quenya and Neo-Sindarin) are useful tools for learning and using Tolkien’s languages. Many such reconstruction are widely accepted and not especially controversial. For example, we know there is a Quenya verb har- “to sit, stay” (PE17/162; UT/305). We don’t know its past
Elvish Roots – What is Neo-Elvish and Is It Good or Bad?
This is a repost of an article I put up on the Aglardh site. I am putting a copy here as well because I want to talk about related topics in my next post. Many modern books and web sites that examine Tolkien’s Elvish languages take care to distinguish between
Elvish Roots – Negations
This is a repost of an article I originally published on (soon-to-be defunct) Google+. This word analysis has to do with negations. It is a problem that has been discussed repeatedly. Bill Welden’s wrote up a thorough analysis of the conceptual development of negations in Tolkien’s Elvish languages in VT42,
Elvish Roots – In Defense of Hannon Le
This article is a bit of a departure from my usual writings in this series. It explores a single concept: the basis for “thank you” in Quenya and Sindarin, but veers off into a general discussion on the overall viability of words within Neo-Quenya and Neo-Sindarin. This article only reflects
Elvish Roots – Letters and Writing
Another exploration of words, this time “letter, line, write”. This is a bit different from my previous examinations, since the most of the words in question are not in dispute, but their etymologies underwent quite a few changes. The Eldarin words for “letter” are Q. tengwa and S. têw (WJ/396,