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!

So just to make sure I have this correct.

• haudhrothron = masculine
• haudhrostor = gender neutral

Correct, although in many cases the “masculine” suffix can be used generically. For example odhron vs. odhril = male and female parents, but pethron = narrator with no particular connotation of gender.

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

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Looks like I missed those haudh componds while commenting on "str > thr". That element should become hodh- in that position, since otherwise the word has a diphthong that is followed by a consonant cluster which overburdens that syllable, and that is more than enough reason for the usual "polsyllabic au > o" rule to kick in.

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?

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"?

I would simply say Ni hodhrothron. Alternatively Im hodhrothron, which has more of an emphasis, so it means "I myself (am)...".

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

You can use whatever typeface you find most appealing, but the other settings are correct.

And thanks @elaran for correcting my other mistake.