Re: "The Enshadowed Wood", Rokbeigalmki, and Proto-Elven

Steg Belsky wrote:
> > So, something like _Tauree Spaaroophuineewaa_ "Forest of
> > Hunter-Shadow" (in
> > all likelihood, the long e of *phuinee will revert here).
> >                                                          Andreas
>-
>
>Wow, thanks!
>I spent who knows how long looking at Ardalambion last night, and could
>barely make sense of anything... although in the list of words and roots,
>i couldn't find SPAR, and i have no idea where i got ahold of my lists or
>words back years ago.
>So how would that be pronounced, and where would the accent be?
>
>something like:
>[tawre: spa:ro:p<h>ujne:wa:]   ?
We-ell, PQ stress is unpredictable. _Tauree_ is most likely stressed on the
first syllable. For _spaaroophuineewaa_ I GUESS primary stress on phui and
secondary stress on spaa.

Leaving stress aside, it'd probably be pronounced something like [tawre:
spA:ro:p_hujne:wA:]. So, pretty  much like you thought.
>
>Rokbeigalmki-ized that would turn into something like:
>Taorei Sparofoineiwa -- [tawrej sparoPOjnejwa]
[P] is voicells bilabial fricative?
No long monophtongs in Rokbeigalmki? How very untolkienian! We'll, at least
you've introduced some short syllables, which the PQ form was in dire need
of ... seven long syllables in a row.
>
>And then _foinei_ would become the word for "bad shadow" in Rokbeigalmki.
It does have a slightly evil sound to my ears, unlike Q _huine_ of much the
same meaning.

                                                     Andreas
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