Re: Tolkien's "hidden" conlang

Quoting Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>:

> the one the Dwarves spoke.
>
> It seems to have triconsonantal bases.  Eg, the Moria tomb inscription:
> Balin Fundinul
> Uzbadkazaddu:mu
> Balin son of fundin lord of moria
>
> and Gimli's war-cry before Helm's Deep:
> Baruk Khazad!  Khazad ai-menu
>
> Assuming Fundin to be a human name like Balin, -ul is then a patronymic.
> uzbad would be z-b-d, to rule, with zero grade between z-b and a prefix
> indicating the actor - ie, the lord.  du:mu would likewise be d-w-m - to dig,
> with a genitive -u.  b-r-k is "edged weapon", "axe", with the vowel pattern
> -a-u- indicating the plural.  One would expect Khazud for "Dwarves".
>
> The major problem is these are the only traces of the language Tolkien took
> the time to develop.
>
> Am I talking through a hole in my head?
Helge Fauskanger's article on Khuzdul might be interesting to you:

http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/khuzdul.htm

                                                 Andreas