Tolkien's rootwords / Progress of Ambrian

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Hello!

I'm back from the holidays since yesterday.
One evening, I thought of vocabulary for Ayeri and root
words. Why did ol' Tolkien AFAIK give C-C-C roots for his
Elvish langs, although none of them was (also AFAIK)
Semitic style?

And, as for roots, I came up with some words for my naming
language project _Ambrian_ and gave it some roots from
scratch. It's awweesome what can be done with roots. You
can put pretty much work into a language that way, and are
able to create new words basing on a root's meaning quite
easily.

==========[ BEGIN: AMBRIAN WORDS ]===========

(after Jeffrey Henning's essay on naming languages)

chief             tindo
fortunate         arnin
industrious       neðin
mighty            kapðar
powerful          phańin [faNgin]
ready             entae [EntAi)]
strong-willed     tibin (cf. *tin, strong(-willed))
wealthy           veaði [vE@)Di] (English bias?!)
beloved           þti
compassionate     kegrin
      passion     kirin
noble             sani
prayerful         þoðin (cf. tindo)
blessed           inhaeð [INgAi)T]
desired           tji (cf. *tin)
small             bhań [vaN]
victorious        niebhi (cf. tindo)
brave             tibin (cf. *tin)
manly             modið

==========[ END: AMBRIAN WORDS ]===========

Sofa,
Carsten

--
Eri silveváng aibannama padangin.
Nivaie evaenain eri ming silvoieváng caparei.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince
  -> http://www.beckerscarsten.de/?conlang=ayeri

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