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[outofangband]

Elven Words for the Ocean, Tides, and Rain

I’ll have the second part of this collection, words for rivers, lakes and other water sources out later and another with more words for the shore and other marine related things!

More in the linguistic resources and word of the day (wotd) tags! Let me know if there are any topics you would like to see covered!

Water in all its forms is one of the most commonly occurring motifs in Tolkien. The song that brought about creation is most tangible in the water and all known elven languages have many, many water related words including many wonderfully specific ones!

In time for @tolkienseaweek 🌊🌊🌊🌊

Eär or Eären is the Quenya word for the ocean or sea. Gaear is the Sindarin word and Gaiar is the Telerin one. The root of all of these words are gayar which means sea but also dread, awe or being astounded. This is consistent with many canonical descriptions of the power of Ulmo.

Haloisi (Quenya) means the sea in storm ⛈️ and derives from the root hala meaning leap. Quië meant the opposite, a calm or quiet sea.

Duinen and dannen are the later Sindarin words for hide tide and lowtide respectively. Luimë and Nanwë are the respective Quenya words. Duinen and luimë both derive from duy meaning flood and dannen and nanwë derive from ndanmē meaning retreat or ebb

Luiwë is also the Telerin word for high tide. Dammë means low tide.

Ross is the Sindarin word for rain and rost is the adjective form meaning rainy. They derive from the root ros meaning spindrift that is also the root of rossë, the Quenya word for light rain or continuous spray.

Ulo is the Quenya word or heavy rain. It comes from the root ul, meaning to pour.

Gwing is the more commonly used Sindarin word for foam or spindrift and faloth means a large, foamy wave. Falma was the Quenya word for a created or foamy wave. Both derive from the root phal meaning foam or splash

Meord is a word meaning fine rain in Ossiriandic, the language of the green elves of Ossiriand. It is one of only nineteen known words in this language. It derives the word mizdi meaning fine rain or dew

[awkwardtuatara]

So when Elwing wanders to Alqualondë and "there the Teleri befriended her, and they listened to her tales of Doriath and Gondolin and the griefs of Beleriand," there must have been a language barrier, right?

The Lindar are already accustomed to using Quenya as a lingua franca within Valinor, and Elwing must know Exilic Quenya as a ruler of Sirion, but there's been some drift between the two languages over the past five hundred years or so. They both struggle to understand each other in their non-native languages, and not even in quite the same strain of Quenya, which makes the mutual effort of Elwing (speaking in her husband's language; the language of kinslayers) and the Lindar (confronted with all the change they've ignored) to struggle through that communication barrier an act of determination on Elwing's part and compassion from the Lindar.

But still, with Eärendil spending most of his time as a star, until people start returning from Endor/the Halls of Mandos, there isn't a single person on this damn island to whom Elwing can speak Sindarin. That in itself compounds on her isolation -- she's finally met her ancestors, and they can't even talk without the shadow of the Noldor. And maybe she helps teach Sindarin (and even ''Sindarin'' itself is a Quenya exonym for the name of her language) to the interested Lindar and to the generals of the War of Wrath, but that shouldn't be her responsibility. Her continued presence on Valinor is both a triumph and a punishment. She really is alone, isn't she?

[virgil-upinthestars]

writing tolkien fanfiction sometimes but not always involves staying up until two am drinking alcohol and translating phrases into obscure dialects of elvish

[aspecardaweek]

DAY FIVE: Relationships Aspec people can have many different kinds of relationships, including romantic and sexual ones— but some kinds of relationships are more unique and common to the aspec communities, such as queerplatonic ones. Today is a day for exploring all these different kinds of relationships! There are several relationships in Tolkien’s works that could easily be read as queerplatonic, including Frodo + Sam, and Legolas + Gimli. Alternative prompt: Many of the terms for aspec identity come from root words of Latin, can you postulate translations for aspec terminology in any of Tolkien’s languages?

These prompts are optional, and we are open to any aspec content whether or not you stick to our suggestions!

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[mothdalf]

Inktober day 4 is scallop so obviously I had to draw some Teleri and shells- this little guy is so excited to show his mama the lovely shell he found. It was originally going to be Eärwen and Finrod but then I tweaked mama’s design and tattoos so they don’t actually line up with my usual design for her.

[theelvenhaven]

Hey! Love your blog. So I read the elf fertility thing you posted, and I love your theories. I have a question I am curious to see your answer on, do elves feel physical attraction? Since they don’t really have sex drives and don’t really need to worry about evolutionary fitness, would they have sexual attractions?

Ooooh excellent question! I love all of what y’all are asking me! 💖

I believe that elves absolutely feel physical attraction as well as sexual attraction!

A good example of the physical AND sexual attraction is Luthien was extremely beautiful and Daeron was in love with her. Celegorm was even so incredibly taken by Luthien he wanted her hand in marriage for himself and as a power play over Thingol. (Hint hint on what makes the marriage thing happen again.)

Yet she was in love with neither and her heart belonged to Beren.

So they aren’t oblivious and blind to any elf that they’d feel was beautiful or handsome. Elves pride themselves on their beauty and being beautiful! The longer your hair with an added bonus of a stunning voice and you are more attractive than an elf with a more average voice.

I PERSONALLY don’t think elves necessarily begin to feel sexual attraction for other elves until they believe they’ve found their one or have fallen in love. Which as Tolkien has gone to show that even elves who think are their ones and fall in love and it might not turn out to be their one.

They’d also have to feel some kind of sexual attraction for one another when they marry for them to have sex. Tolkien does indeed note that they take great pleasure and joy in it. It’s just as they reproduce they lose interest in sex.

As opposed to sex being a purely lustful thing like it can be for humans, it’s just something that’s incredibly special and coveted instead.

[vanimelde]

Can someone recommend more Silmarillion blogs? General Tolkien elf blogs are good too. Or let me know if you are said blog with a like. I have addictions to feed and personal responsibilities I’d like to avoid with said addictions thank you plenty

[mikeybooch]

Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars…