Keith wrote:
> > Cein: Sindarin: Quenya: English:
> >----------------------------------------
> > alch aglar alca glory
> Shouldn't the Quenya be alcar?
Yes it should. That's what you get from writing things
down directly from your memory.
> Again it seems odd
> that Sind. keeps the final syllable, I'd have predicted
> something like the Cein version.
So do final syllables drop, even if they end in
a consonant?
> Do we know the PE form?
*_aklaar_ according to Andreas Johansson.
> > anon annon andon gate
> I would have expected -nd- >> -nn- in Cein as in Sind. here
Yes. See my previous posting on this. Judging from a previous
posting on Welsh vs Brithenig, I'm thinking of having <nt>
become <nh>, instead of as now <nd>. Ex. _lanta_ >> _llanh_
instead of _llanh_. Which would be more correct?
> > ffilit filig filit small bird
> I can't see why the final syllable wasn't lost in Sindarin.
> PE filiky ??? It should certainly go in Cein >> ffil
OK then. _Ffil_ it is.
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