Comments by Paul Strack

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  • Eldamo 0.8.4 is released

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    This release has the dictionary entries for semantic category 4 = Body Parts and Functions.

  • Eldamo 0.8.3 is released

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    This release has the dictionary entries for semantic category 3 = Animals.

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  • Eldamo 0.8.2 is released

    Includes the dictionary entries for “Mankind” that I’ve been working on.

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  • Eldamo 0.8.1 is released

    Includes the dictionary entries for “Physical World” that I’ve been working on.

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  • Eldamo 0.8.0 is released

    See eldamo.org. Updates for this release:

    • Added information from The Nature of Middle Earth.
    • Finished dictionary entries for Primitive Elvish roots: √N – √YUR.
    • Add semantic category link to word pages.
    • Finished semantic categorization of Sindarin/Noldorin/Gnomish.
    • Edited and reviewed Quenya semantic categories.

  • Eldamo v0.7.9

    I've released Eldamo v0.7.9 which collects the discussion of Elvish roots A through M.

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  • Eldamo 0.7.8

    I’ve release Eldamo 0.7.8.

    This release publishes the Sindarin analysis I’ve done in 2020.

  • Gloss “ndangwetha” by Eldamo Import

    You're right, it's probably an Old Sindarin (or later) compound.

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  • How do ancient vowel suppression and prothesis work?

    That is an exceptionally complicated question. I agree that Eldamo should have descriptions of more ancient phonetic changes and word formation rules, but I haven't gotten around to writing them up yet.

    You are having difficulty finding a coherent set of rules because there aren't any. The change of (for example) ANAD > andā isn't a phonetic development. It is following one of various possibly word formations from the ancient root.

    Roots like KALAR are not words. They are expressions of set of characteristics for a collection of related words, consisting of a base vowel (A) and one to there consonants (K/L/R). From these are various possible ancient words that may be formed from these roots, like kalar, aklar, aklāra (> Q/S. calar, Q/S. alcar/aglar, S. aglor). There is no fixed pattern because different roots may have a variety of different words formed from them.

    Tolkien talked about the various word formation rules in a document labeled Tengwesta Qenderinwa (two versions, one from the 1930s and another written around 1950): PE18/85-98. For example, aklar is formed KALAR using a vocalic augment with suppression of the first interior vowel (a-k’lar). These are word formation rules, not phonetic changes.

    Hopefully that’s enough to give you a general idea. See PE18 for more details.

  • Eldamo 0.7.7 Released

    Array ( [0] => https://eldamo.org/content/grammar-indexes/grammars-q.html [1] => /content/grammar-indexes/grammars-q.html [2] => Array ( ) )

    I've released Eldamo 0.7.7:

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    The main change in this release is the collected and complete(ish) Quenya Grammar:

    Quenya Grammar

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