Re: Cein

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
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