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Re: Cein

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Monday, June 4, 2001, 17:23
Andreas Johansson wrote:

> > From the replies yet, there does not seem to be a consensus on > > the origin of _ui_ in adjectives. In _annui_, David Salo thinks > > it to be form older _-uuyaa_ (the whole PE word being *anduuyaa). > > In other cases it may be from _-aayaa_, the origin of Quenya > > _-ea_. However, this requires final _aai_ to change differently > > from _aai_ in other positions or as the only vowel of a word, > > where it becomes _oe_ (eg _gaayaa_>_gaai_>_goe)
> When I think about it, it must've been rather been > _gaayaa_>_gooia_>_gooi_>_goe_, but that makes little real difference.
Shall I interpret this as _-ui_ being the S. equivalent of Q. _-ea_? If so, according to another posting by Keith, Quenya -ea would become nil, but with i-umlaut in Cein. That would be an interesting way of forming adjectives, by i-umlaut. ||| daniel -- <> Mad llammgalf! <> daniel.andreasson@telia.com <> <> Ond llamm! <> www.geocities.com/conlangus <>