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Re: Cein

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Thursday, May 31, 2001, 12:41
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! 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?
> 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. :) ||| daniel -- <> Mad llamgalf! <> daniel.andreasson@telia.com <> <> Ond llam! <> www.geocities.com/conlangus <>