Word of the Week

[Quenarth]

_enyalien_

Approximately pronounced: ehn-yal'-ee-ehn.

>From 'Cirion's Oath' (UT) it's translated "for the re-calling."

.......

To the Oath of Eorl, "Cirion then made answer. Standing to his full
height he laid his hand upon the tomb and in his right hand held up the
white wand of the Stweards, and spoke words that filled those who heard
them with awe.

'This oath shall stand in the memory of the glory of the Land of the
Star, and of the faith of Elendil the Faithful, in the keeping of those
who sit upon the thrones of the West and of the One who is above all
thrones forever.'
........

>From _yal-_ vb. 'summon' with prefix _en-_. The _-ie_ suffix denotes a
gerund. Finally, we have the _-n_ for dative case "for." Thus, the
wonderful verb masquerading as a noun gives us 'for the re-calling' all
in one word.
.......

>From the notes on Cirion's Oath (UT)

en- "again," yal- "summon," in infinitive (or gerundial) form
en-yalië, here in dative "for the re-calling," but governing a direct
object, alcar: thus "to recall or 'commemorate' the glory."
.......

Apparently, the long -ë in gerundial form looses it's length when the
-n for dative case is added. I really don't know why, I would have to
look at a phonology table/chart, perhaps someone else can contribute?
And thank you for your patience...this was my first time doing a 'Word
of the Week.' Any criticism is welcome.

Eldarin blessings,
~Anne

[Quenarth]

[Kris Kowal]

Dear Friends,

Hereafter, _enyalien_ in the Tengwar follows.

Kris.

(Thank you, Anne)

[Kris Kowal]

All,

For those of us not in the know, and those of us to follow after: a
'gerund' is the nouned form of a verb. In English, for example, the
gerund of 'draw' is 'drawing'. The gerund of German 'ueben' is
'uebung'. The nominative is the form of a verb, in English, is like
'to draw'.

In Quenya, nominatives aren't useful by their selves. /capo-/, is the
nominative 'to jump'. You would never say it like that except when
referring to the noun itself. You 'inflect' (add a suffix) to the
word to imply what tense its in, and optionally add pronominal
suffixes and modifier prefixes to it. So, /capuva/ is 'jumped',
/capan/ is 'I jump', and 'encapuvan' is 'I re-jumped'. For those
following in Renk's and Fauskanger's steps, the last letter of the
nominative form of the verb helps you decide how to inflect it.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gerund

http://www.answers.com/topic/nominative-case-1

Kris.

[Firiel]

Kris, I thought that -uva denoted future tense. Did I miss something
here?

[Kris Kowal]

Firiel,

You're probably right; /-uva/ might be future tense. I don't have
Fauskanger's book handy and was going off an arcane memory. Perhaps
somebody could post the list of verb affixes?

Kris.