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Re: If you call me crazy again...

From:Aidan Grey <frterminus@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 24, 2001, 15:42
I never saw the original that Muke has replied to.
Good thing he did!!

--- Muke Tever <alrivera@...> wrote:
> From: "Daniel Andreasson" <rymddaniel@...> > >Where did you get the _e_ 'if' from? And how did > >you get _eil_ 'other'? I took C. _neun_ from Q. > >_neuna_ 'second' since there already is another > >word for 'second' in Quenya. (In Swedish, 'other' > >and 'second' is actually the same word.)
E 'if' is from ai in aiquen 'whoever, if anyone', recently argued about on Elfling. Whether it's valid or not, it works for me! Eil 'other' came from Irish _eile_ 'other' - I didn't know about the presence of 'neuna'. I'm only up to the h's in quettaparma quenyanna. Aidan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/