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
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