Comments by Gilruin
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Contribution “Sen-” by Miril
I don’t quite understand what you mean?
- Quenya sen- is attested in VT43/18 and appears as an Eldamo entry and a Quettaparma Quenyallo entry on Parf Edhellen.
- Primitive Elvish √sen is not strictly speaking attested, but can be inferred from VT43/18 as well, it appears as an Eldamo entry on Parf Edhellen.
- the one gloss in this passage is “let loose, free, let go” which all of the entries have. I don’t think “let, allow, allow to, permit, permit to” appears anywhere.
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Contribution “Únirna” by Miril
Ok, I have fixed some things and added a few details to the contribution, is that still in line with what you want to propose?
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Contribution “Meiniast” by xCelticLynxx
Ah, I forgot about that word. I don't like it particularly but I suppose it's fine. However AU in polysyllabic words changes to O, so -iost. A sometimes happens before clusters that shorten long ā, e. g. nār > naur but Nr-winjā > Narwinjā > Narwain, but as the ST didn't block Ā > AU in iaust, it has no reason to do it in a compound.
Also, I'd ask you to add an explanation of the derivation to the entry itself.
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Name translation
The Ainur were lesser being than the Valar and more numerous in number
Ainur is the term for both Valar and Maiar
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Name translation
I'd say -ndil is probably gender neutral, but you probably can make it specifically feminin by using -ndilme. Likewise sámo is probably gender neutral as well, but in general names ending in -o have a tendency to be masculine, so you might want to avoid it. Another possibility would be satar “trusty follower, loyal companion”. Regarding Vala, Maia (Máya is an more ancient spelling), Ainu, at least from the Elves' point of view their existence not so much a matter of religion as a fact of life, e. g. one Elvish king married a Maia, when the High Elves lived in Valinor the Valar thought them crafts, Gandalf, Sauron and the Balrog are all Maia etc., it's just that Tolkien translates those terms with religious words for a lack of better opinions. Perhaps this article might clarify things or @Ruilalwen can provide further insight knowing both Chinese and what Ainur are, but I believe it could work. However I don't think Eru "The One" is a good choice for what you want.
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Contribution “tastaith e·gweth o dembaid” by Gilruin
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Contribution “Kalmarandis” by Ilmarë Erinti
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This is an oddly specific word to propose, as it is it means simply ‘Lamp-wanderer (f)’ with no indications of ‘child of light’ or ‘homewards’ (actually √RAN is glossed ‘wander, stray, meander, go on an uncertain course, go aside from a course (commanded or self-chosen); err’ which I would take to imply the opposite) and I don’t see how Galmir “Sun, Gold-gleamer” is connected to this. Could you please detail your reasoning?
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Contribution “Meiniast” by xCelticLynxx
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Assuming you mean this sense of the word, it’s probably in some way it from mein “first” and √YAB, but I don’t understand the process by which -st arises, so I would ask you to detail your derivation.
gilruin · Gilruin
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Contribution “Sen-” by Miril
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sen- is attested with a similar yet different gloss “to let loose, free, let go” in VT43/18, whereas allow is already covered by √LEK “loose, unbind, let, permit” and √DAB “give way, make room, permit, allow”. Could you explain why you think sen- would have those additional glosses?
gilruin · Gilruin