Re: Cein

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

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