Re: background (warning: LONG)

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From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: background (warning: LONG)


> Barry Garcia wrote:
>
> > I have nothing constructive to say about your post (good one, by the
way),
> > but i wanted to say that "araw" means sun, or day in Tagalog (i found it
> > interesting because it's the name of the star goddess in your language)
>
> It is also the Sindarin name of Orome, the Divine Huntsman
> in JRRT's mythology.
<g> really? I hadn't realised. Surprisingly enough, PQ arame, had it occured
in Dweinasen (Rhendrin's parent language) would have produced Araw. I've
always liked the name, so I thought I'd thieve it.

I didn't know about it meaning "sun" in Tagalog. How is it pronounced? I
would guess /a 'rau/. "Ondra" is Rhendrin for "day", BTW.


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