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  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    Thank you so much to the both of you for the help! I truly appreciate it!

  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    Thank you. As far as Tengwar goes, the way it needs to be is -

    • Language -Sindarin
    • Writing - Tengwar
    • Mode - General Use
    • Typeface - Tengwar Sindarin

    Correct?

    Hodhrothron

    Im hodhrothron

  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    Also, would I be able to apply this word to myself? Such as

    • "I am a hodhrothron"
    • "I am a tomb excavator."

    If so, as an aside question, what is the translation for "I am a"?

  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    Man, I was having a dickens of a time trying to sound that out. Thanks for the update.

    The final word should be hodhrothron - correct? Translated to "Tomb Excavator" in a masculine suffix?

  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    Excellent. I do like the masculine version. How would one pronounce it? Is there a guide?

  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    So just to make sure I have this correct.

    • haudhrothron = masculine
    • haudhrostor = gender neutral

  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    Thank you! I very much like haudhrostron as it has that vibe of archaeology and I have dug burials before. So with the corrected str > thr, it would be haudhrothron or haudhrostor? What is the difference between them?

  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    Thank you so very much to the both of you!

    • Regarding cevrostron, what would be translated out to? "Soil digger?"

    • And just to make sure before I set my heart on any one thing, would there be any other way to express archaeology in Sindarin? Again via some combo of "history", "cultural", "dig" or "artifact" or what have you etc? Or perhaps something with burials, tombs, and graves?

    • Is there a way to say "Digger of history" or "History digger"?

  • Archaeology in Sindarin?

    Greetings all!

    I hope I do not bother anyone by asking for some guidance here. I am a long time Lord of the Rings fan and when I was young I did try for a while to learn Sindarin but I never could figure it out. Alas, my time for Sindarin is taken now by other matters so I turn to you for help.

    I am an archaeologist by trade and lately in the field I have been misplacing my tools and such in large projects. My crew mates all have ways of marking their equipment to keep track. I figure it is time for me to follow suit and I figure why not do in Sindarin Tengwar?

    So my idea is to create a phrase that works as a sort of "tag" in Sindarin Tengwar that I can attach to my equipment. Obviously, I would like it to be archaeological in nature and to be accurate to the language. So I started poking around and found a few words I might be able to use. I'd like to keep it in the shorter side as I don't always have much room.

    First question: Is there anyway to imply archaeology in the language as such a mark? Such as "history", "cultural", "dig" or "artifact" ? Or perhaps something with burials, tombs, and graves? Or "Artifact Seeker" for a laugh haha. Second: I found two words that might be along what I'm thinking. "Rosta-" and "Cef" for excavate and soil. Is excavate used the way I'm thinking it is? To dig? Would these two combined (rostacef?) be grammatically correct? [To] Dig Earth? And Three: where would be the best place to translate the final phrase into Tengwar? Some of these sites seem ... off.

    Thank you so much in advance!