Re: Cein

Daniel Andreasson wrote:
>Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Daniel Andreasson wrote:
> > >I fail to see where the common Sindarin adjective ending
> > >-eb, -en and -ui come from. Does anyone know? It's probably
> > >a development from Eldarin in which case I should ignore
> > >them since Cein is based on Quenya.
>
> > _-en_ is from CE _inaa_, and is thus cognate of Q _ina_
> > (eg _latina_ "open"). _-eb_ is said to be from _-ikwaa_ (in
> > Quendi and Eldar IRC) - Q for some reason uses the nasal
> > -infixed version _-inqua_ (cf Q _alcarinqua_ and S _aglareb_,
> > from *aklarinkwaa and *aklarikwaa respectively).
>
>Aha! I didn't know you were *that* much of an expert
>on CE. Thanks!
That's what having read QaE and the Ardalambion's Primitive Elvish article
more times than you and I have fingers together does to you! :-)
>
>Q. _-inqua_ would be _-eng_ in Cein, I think. Though I
>like the look of _-eg_ better. I could also have _-eb_
>as a borrowing from Sindarin or adapt _-ikwaa_ into Cein
>_ec_. _Alcarinqua_ would thus be _alcheng_ or _alcheg_.
>
> > As for _-ui_, I don't know. _-oo-yaa_ would be a possible origin.
>
>What does _-oo-yaa_ mean?
_-oo_ is a very common nominal ending, and _-yaa_ an even more common
adjectival ending. So *_-oo-yaa_ would be what you get if you first form an
noun from a root and then turn it into an adjective. But I'm no Sindarin
expert, and I had actually never really thought about Sindarin _-ui_ before
I saw your mail. I'll ask the sages on Elfling, me thinks.
>
> > As for Cein, you won't be able to get around -en, seeing it's
> > cognate to be quite common in Q.
>
>Yes, I already have that one as a common adjectival
>ending. So now I have _-en_ and _-e(n)g_, and possibly
>_-ec_ and _eb_ as well. That should suffice. :)
That'd give some choice, yes. I'm starting to like Cein.

                                                      Andreas
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