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Old 06-25-2023, 08:24 PM   #39
Galadriel55
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I have been following along about as nimbly as Gimli on a horse. But I had a question, on reading on of the translations, because I thought I knew the word but I didn't:

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Originally Posted by Huinesoron View Post
I tengwar Eldarin, yára lé, apa i lambë i Mordoro ita sinomë váquetuvan quetë.
I saw "ita" and brain matched it to the Quenya form of Idril, IIRC meaning something like "sparkling" or "shining". Here it means "which". Is there a similar sounding root that is used for Idril, or did I make that up?
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