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Re: Cein

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Monday, June 4, 2001, 17:37
Daniel Andreasson wrote:
>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_?
Some believe that, yes. We can't know for certain until more material is published.
>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.
Certainly. Andreas _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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