Subject: Seconded- 'ros' means 'foam'. (nm)
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Posted on: 2009-07-10 21:25:00 UTC
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OT: Elven name help wanted! by
on 2009-07-08 00:53:00 UTC
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Hi all!
This is a plea to all of you who speak Sinderin/have copies of LOTR etc handy.
I'm looking for a good name for a male Galadhrim. I'm taking part in a war games campaign this summer using a Lord of the Rings army and am trying to make it as fluffy as possible!
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Whoot by
on 2009-07-09 21:51:00 UTC
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Got a name.....
Gilros (lit. Star Whisper)
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"Whisper"? by
on 2009-07-10 14:39:00 UTC
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Sindarin isn't my forte, but "Elros" is translated variously as "Elf of the Spray" or "Star-foam" (Encyclopedia of Arda). To me, it looks like the -ros suffix is "foam" or "spray" (probably the same word), rather than "whisper".
Looking at the Quenya words (which is more my field), "spray" is rosse, while "whisper" is "lussa" or "lusse". I can see that becoming "rus" in Sindarin, but I'm not certain whether any vowel shifts occured...
hS, who still doesn't know Sindarin -
meh! by
on 2009-07-12 22:08:00 UTC
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I think it still sounds good even if I don't know the exact meaning!
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Seconded- 'ros' means 'foam'. (nm) by
on 2009-07-10 21:25:00 UTC
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Have a link to a name generator! by
on 2009-07-08 20:43:00 UTC
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It gives you a list of beginnings and endings with definitions, and when you choose two it shows you how they go together. The site also has a Quenya name generator.
http://www.elffetish.com/SindaFrame1.php -
I'll give you a hint... by
on 2009-07-08 10:32:00 UTC
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Glorgathon, Devourer of Worlds, as I used as a placeholder name until I could come up with one, is not an acceptable elf name.
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No by
on 2009-07-08 18:24:00 UTC
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Alas! I'm stuck as I don't have a copy of any of the books! And I can't use Haldir or Rumil because they have special heroic rules!
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For starters, I think you mean Sindarin. ^_~ (nm) by
on 2009-07-08 10:05:00 UTC
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Found my copy of the Sil. by
on 2009-07-08 19:39:00 UTC
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Give me some idea of what kind of name you want and I can go looking for root words that might work for you.
~Neshomeh