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Re: CHAT: Ruth; CHAT: Names, was: Re: Brithenig-heads

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 19, 2000, 14:36
At 19:14 18.4.2000 -0400, Nik Taylor wrote:
>. I don't suppose there are any words resembling >Nik with equally complimentary meanings? (Or ANY words at all, for that >matter) :-)
Yes: _nique_ "snow", _ninque_ (gen. _ninquio_)"white". Since there is an etnhnonym _teles_, pl. _teleri_ I guess you could call yourself _Niqueteles_! (Actually Greek Nikolaos => Lietur in Q. Don't know what a tailor is called, but a female embroideress is _Serinde_ (< Þerinde), so possibly you are a Serindo. You will have to ask someone else for valid Sindarin forms I'm afraid... /BP B.Philip Jonsson mailto:bpj@netg.se mailto:melroch@my-deja.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~__ Anant' avanaute quettalmar! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ___ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarocco\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine__ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ I neer Pityancalimeo\ \_____/ /ar/ /_atar Mercasso naan ~~~~~~~~~Cuinondil~~~\_______/~~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda cuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)