Re: Words for "Death"

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 20:53:35 -0700 Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>
writes:
> So, anyone with a conlang like that?  He certainly only wants natlang
> examples, but I'm interested in conlangs.  :)
tolkien, maybe?  i seem to recall quenya having more than one verb
meaning "to die"...

fairë (2) "natural death" (as act) (PHIR)

fir- "die, fade" (cf. fifíru-); aorist (?) fírë "expire"; augmentless
perfect fírië, translated "she has breathed forth" (but no explicit
element meaning "she" seems to be present) (MR:250, 470)

nuru, Nuru "death, Death" (ÑGUR). This would represent earlier *ñuru and
should be spelt accordingly in Tengwar writing. When personalized, Nuru
refers to Mandos. Cf. Nurufantur.

qualin ("q") "dead" (KWAL, LT1:264)

qualmë ("q") "agony, death" (KWAL, LT1:264)

unqualë ("q") "agony, death" (KWAL)

urdu "death" (LT2:342; rather nuru in Tolkien's later Quenya)

so it seems that there are three different roots that yeald words with
meanings related to death in quenya: _phir_, _kwal_, and _ñgur_, all with
different meanings.

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