Prisoner of Númenor Planning/Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 01-22-2005, 08:47 AM

Looks like I'm approaching this in the Tolkienian manner - by accident, I assure you! I decided to start with the name, and chose a series of possible English language meanings that appealed to me, then looked up the Adûnaic cognates, and finally the Sindarin, and decided which combination in all three languages most appealed in terms of the character.

Adûnaic to English

abâr "strength, endurance, fidelity" (431). Evidently related to bâr "lord".

pâ "hand" (< *pa3a), pl. pâi (416, 426)

naru "man, male" (434, fully inflected in 437, that also gives an alternative form narû)

*magân *"wright", isolated from Ar-Balkumagân, q.v.

karab "horse" (pl. karîb) (434). Masculine karbû "stallion" (434, 435), feminine karbî "mare" (434).

ZIR "love", desire" (423), cf. -zîr "lover" in Nimruzîr.

zadan "house", fully inflected in 430.

Adûnaic - English - Sindarin

Karíbzîr - Lover of horses - Melethroch

Abârpâ - Strong/True Hand - Mabalar

Zadanmagân - Housewright - Cardhán

My choice

Abârpânaru Karíbzîr - Strong Handed Man Lover of Horses; Mabalar Melethroch

The first name is the character's personal name, the second is the name of his House. Now to build the physical, and find out how the Melethroch family relates to the line of Elros!

01-22-2005, 08:47 AM	#9
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Having too much fun.... Looks like I'm approaching this in the Tolkienian manner - by accident, I assure you! I decided to start with the name, and chose a series of possible English language meanings that appealed to me, then looked up the Adûnaic cognates, and finally the Sindarin, and decided which combination in all three languages most appealed in terms of the character. Adûnaic to English abâr "strength, endurance, fidelity" (431). Evidently related to bâr "lord". pâ "hand" (< pa3a), pl. pâi (416, 426) naru "man, male" (434, fully inflected in 437, that also gives an alternative form narû) magân "wright", isolated from Ar-Balkumagân, q.v. karab "horse" (pl. karîb) (434). Masculine karbû "stallion" (434, 435), feminine karbî "mare" (434). ZIR "love", desire" (423), cf. -zîr "lover" in Nimruzîr. zadan "house", fully inflected in 430. Adûnaic - English - Sindarin* Karíbzîr - Lover of horses - Melethroch Abârpâ - Strong/True Hand - Mabalar Zadanmagân - Housewright - Cardhán My choice Abârpânaru Karíbzîr - Strong Handed Man Lover of Horses; Mabalar Melethroch The first name is the character's personal name, the second is the name of his House. Now to build the physical, and find out how the Melethroch family relates to the line of Elros! Last edited by littlemanpoet; 01-22-2005 at 08:53 AM.