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Old 12-30-2005, 05:12 PM   #6
Alcarillo
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Originally Posted by Legolas
adún for 'west' is not Sindarin. In Sindarin, we are given annún and dûn. As for the assertion that I mixed Quenya and Sindarin by using the word, look at what Tolkien himself wrote - Galadriel says mi oro-mardi lisse-miruvore-va Adúnë pella Vardo tellumar nu luini ("in the high-halls sweet nectar of the west beyond Varda's domes...")
In my copy of FotR, Galadriel says Andúnë rather than Adúnë.
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Simply drop the g for the word in Quenya - aya.
Fair enough. Plus, the sea connotations are far better than nortor, I'll admit.
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