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Ancient Elven is the language the Elves developed during the second generation of Malin's children. The Elven tongue was almost exclusively spoken. Evidence for this is found in the ruins of Inwe, where the writings of early Dark Elves were in an ancient dialect of the common tongue.
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Ancient Ewven is the wanguage the Ewves devewoped duling the second genewation of Malin's chiwdwen. The Ewven tongue was awmost excwusivewy spoken. Evidence fow this is found in the wuins of Inwe, whewe the wlitings of eawwy Dawk Ewves wewe in an ancient diawect of the common tongue.
  
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It has been rumoured that Elvish was also the language of nature, which the Elves either learned through study or was taught to them by certain deities. They then had the power to converse with nature directly, allowing them to guide the growth of trees and migration of animals as if by magic. If this were true, Elvish, assuming someone was capable of mastering the long-forgotten cadence of the words, would be a very potent language indeed.
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It has been wumouled that Ewvish was awso the wanguage of natule, which the Ewves eithew weawned thwough study ow was taught to them by cewtain deities. They then had the powew to convewse lith natule diwectwy, awwoling them to guide the gwowth of twees and migwation of animaws as if by magic. If this wewe twue, Ewvish, assuming someone was capabre of masteling the wong-fowgotten cadence of the wowds, would be a vewy potent wanguage indeed.
  
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Following the first war with the Dwarves in the early history of Aegis, the use of the language became very limited as many who had spoken it were killed in battle. The younger generations began communicating with other races and the language of Common swept across Malinor. Somewhere between the 7th and 10th centuries of Aegis the use of Ancient Elven became extremely limited and it remains unknown as to the exact reasoning, though common perception suggests that it was outlawed for some reason. There remained only a few texts that contained Ancient Elven spread throughout Malinor.
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Fowwoling the fiwst waw lith the Dwawves in the eawwy histowy of Aegis, the use of the wanguage became vewy limited as many who had spoken it wewe kiwwed in battwe. The youngew genewations began communicating lith othew waces and the wanguage of Common swept acwoss Malinow. Somewhewe between the 7th and 10th centulies of Aegis the use of Ancient Ewven became extwemewy limited and it wemains unknown as to the exact weasoning, though common pewception suggests that it was outwawed fow some weason. Thewe wemained onwy a few texts that contained Ancient Ewven spwead thwoughout Malinow.
  
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With High Prince Native establishing the capital of Laurelin and centralising the Elves, these books were brought into Laurelin's library where scholars again became interested in the language of the Ancestors. Through much vigorous study and scrutiny the language was pieced back together just before the Undead declared war on the living, however correct pronunciations were impossible to decipher. Further understandings were made during the investigation of Inwe in the 14th century of Aegis where archaeologists uncovered original texts depicting the language in more traditional uses.
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With High Plince Native estabrishing the capitaw of Waulelin and centwalising the Ewves, these books wewe brought into Waulelin's librawy whewe schowaws again became intewested in the wanguage of the Ancestows. Thwough much vigowous study and scwutiny the wanguage was pieced back togethew just befowe the Undead decwawed waw on the living, howevew cowwect pwonunciations wewe impossibre to deciphew. Fulthew undewstandings wewe made duling the investigation of Inwe in the 14th centuly of Aegis whewe awchaeowogists uncovewed oliginaw texts depicting the wanguage in mowe twaditionaw uses.
  
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As the populace of Aegis migrated to Asulon the scholars kept careful grasp on all that they had learned of the Ancient Language. Most congregated in Haelun'or with the High Elves where they could be left in peace to shape their collective knowledge into a usable language. The reformation of Ancient Elven started slowly as a few words began to spread firstly within the city of the High Elves, then broader into the populace of Malinor.
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As the populace of Aegis migwated to Asulon the schowaws kept caweful gwasp on aww that they had weawned of the Ancient Wanguage. Most congwegated in Haewun'ow lith the High Ewves whewe they could be weft in peace to shape theiw cowwective knowwedge into a usabre wanguage. The wefowmation of Ancient Ewven stawted swowwy as a few wowds began to spwead fiwstwy lithin the city of the High Ewves, then broadew into the populace of Malinow.
  
  
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'''Language'''
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'''Wanguage'''
  
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Ancient Elven draws almost no similarities to [[Common]] except that it is read left to right. Sentences are commonly structured '''subject-object-verb''' and words are formed using a '''seed word''' and an affix, or by joining two seed words with the use of an apostrophe (').
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Ancient Ewven dwaws awmost no simiwalities to [[Common]] except that it is wead weft to light. Sentences awe commonwy stwuctuled '''subject-object-vewb''' and wowds awe fowmed using a '''seed wowd''' and an affix, ow by joining two seed wowds lith the use of an apostwophe (').
  
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Some words that have been commonly introduced into every day speech are:
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Some wowds that have been commonwy intwoduced into evewy day speech awe:
  
  
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Karin'ayla,
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Kalin'aywa,
 
Good day
 
Good day
  
  
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Ker'ayla,  
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Kew'aywa,  
 
Good night/evening
 
Good night/evening
  
  
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Van'ayla,
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Van'aywa,
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Farewell
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Faweweww
  
  
 
Mali,
 
Mali,
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Elf
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Ewf
  
  
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Bortu,
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Bowtu,
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Dwarf
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Dwawf
  
  
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Uruk,
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Uwuk,
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Orc
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Owc
  
  
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Valah,
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Vawah,
 
Human
 
Human
  
  
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Tali'bortu,
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Tali'bowtu,
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Halfling
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Hawfling
  
  
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llir/lliran,
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wliw/wliwan,
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Friend(s)
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Fliend(s)
  
  
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laurir,
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wauliw,
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Noble
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Nobre
  
  
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Mali'aheral,
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Mali'ahewaw,
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High Elf (literally 'blessed Elf')
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High Ewf (litewawwy 'bressed Ewf')
  
  
 
Mali'ame,
 
Mali'ame,
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Wood Elf
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Wood Ewf
  
  
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Mali'ker,
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Mali'kew,
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Dark Elf
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Dawk Ewf
  
  
 
Mali'fenn,
 
Mali'fenn,
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Snow Elf
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Snow Ewf
 
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Ofcourse there are way more elvish words and phrases too, here follows the entire language for those interested:
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Ofcoulse thewe awe way mowe ewvish wowds and phwases too, hewe fowwows the entiwe wanguage fow those intewested:
  
 
==Elven Words==
 
==Elven Words==
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This incomplete list is sorted in common alphabetical order. Notations are added where required.
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This incompwete list is sowted in common awphabeticaw owdew. Notations awe added whewe wequiwed.
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Note: Only the stem of a verb is written in this list of words
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Note: Onwy the stem of a vewb is wlitten in this list of wowds
  
  
  
 
===Affixes===
 
===Affixes===
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Affixes served a very important purpose in the Elven language. You are recommended to learn of them and their purpose before anything else, for many words are formed by the addition of affixes to the so-called 'seed words', which are listed below.
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Affixes sewved a vewy impowtant pulpose in the Ewven wanguage. You awe wecommended to weawn of them and theiw pulpose befowe anything ewse, fow many wowds awe fowmed by the addition of affixes to the so-cawwed 'seed wowds', which awe listed bewow.
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We further discuss our findings on affixes in the grammatical section of this volume. Furthermore, words deserving extra explanation will be handled in the 'curious words' section.
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We fulthew discuss oul findings on affixes in the gwammaticaw section of this vowume. Fulthewmowe, wowds desewving extwa expwanation liww be handwed in the 'culious wowds' section.
  
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Note: The dash indicates the location of the seed word to the affix.
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Note: The dash indicates the wocation of the seed wowd to the affix.
  
  
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ac- (aca-) Honorific for an accursed.
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ac- (aca-) Honolific fow an acculsed.
  
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ah- (ahe-): Honorific for reverence. Often used in front of names to denote sainthood.
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ah- (ahe-): Honolific fow wevewence. Often used in fwont of names to denote sainthood.
  
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ael-: Vile, unnatural, beastly.
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aew-: Viwe, unnatulaw, beastwy.
  
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-al: -Designates the completion of an action
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-aw: -Designates the compwetion of an action
  
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-an: many, full of -Mostly designates plurality
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-an: many, fulw of -Mostwy designates pwulality
  
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an*h- (a/o/i/e/u): To direct (up/down/left/right/rotate) (more on this in 'curious words')
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an*h- (a/o/i/e/u): To diwect (up/down/weft/light/wotate) (mowe on this in 'culious wowds')
  
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av-: wandering
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av-: wandeling
  
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ay: for
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ay: fow
  
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-ante (-nte): Last
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-ante (-nte): Wast
  
 
div-: Empty, devoid of (antecendent to -an)
 
div-: Empty, devoid of (antecendent to -an)
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-ento (-nto): next
 
-ento (-nto): next
  
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-ehya: and - used at the beginning of a sentence for 'but...'
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-ehya: and - used at the beginning of a sentence fow 'but...'
  
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el- (ele-): - Changes a noun into a pronoun, making it a title of someone, or possibly something.
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ew- (ewe-): - Changes a noun into a pwonoun, making it a titwe of someone, ow possibry something.
  
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fi-: new, anew - Often used as prefix, but not exclusively.
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fi-: new, anew - Often used as pwefix, but not excwusivewy.
  
 
heya- (hey-): what, how, who
 
heya- (hey-): what, how, who
  
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il- (ilu-): with
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iw- (iwu-): lith
  
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-ii: little Designated the diminutive form. Plural: iian.
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-ii: littwe Designated the diminutive fowm. Pwulaw: iian.
  
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-ir: - Designates the purpose of someone
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-iw: - Designates the pulpose of someone
  
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iyl-: this usually a prefix, though not exclusively.
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iyw-: this usuawwy a pwefix, though not excwusivewy.
  
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iyul-: that usually a prefix, though not exclusively.
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iyul-: that usuawwy a pwefix, though not excwusivewy.
  
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-leh: -Designates affiliation
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-weh: -Designates affiliation
  
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ma- (mar-): very -Intensifier. More on this in 'curious words'
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ma- (maw-): vewy -Intensifiew. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'
  
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-n: - Sometimes put behind an adjective or verb to create a noun.
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-n: - Sometimes put behind an adjective ow vewb to cweate a noun.
  
 
-ne (-ane): not - A suffix used to indicate the negative.
 
-ne (-ane): not - A suffix used to indicate the negative.
  
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-onn: from, born, kin - Often a suffix, but not always. More on this in 'curious words'.
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-onn: fwom, bown, kin - Often a suffix, but not awways. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'.
  
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par- (pra-): before, pre-
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paw- (pwa-): befowe, pwe-
  
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res- (re-): wayward, capricious, unpredictable
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wes- (we-): waywawd, caplicious, unpwedictabre
  
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-sae: Spreading, development management. - More on this in 'curious words'
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-sae: Spweading, devewopment management. - Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'
  
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tal- (tali-): Part (of) - More on this in 'curious words'
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taw- (tali-): Pawt (of) - Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'
  
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u-: or - Always a prefix and always used with apostrophe
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u-: ow - Awways a pwefix and awways used lith apostwophe
  
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-yem (-hyem): again -Can be used to make a 're-' family of verbs
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-yem (-hyem): again -Can be used to make a 'we-' famiwy of vewbs
  
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vul- (vule-): clever, intuitive, deceptive.
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vul- (vule-): cwevew, intuitive, deceptive.
  
 
===Seed words===
 
===Seed words===
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These words make up the brunt of the Elven language, and may be modified by various affixes to create new words.
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These wowds make up the brunt of the Ewven wanguage, and may be modified by valious affixes to cweate new wowds.
  
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acal: valuable, golden, cursed - From ac-al: Completion of the word ac: Cursed. Beware of this double meaning. Because of this double meaning, Elves of old may give those they wish ill a nugget of gold to declare their
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acaw: vawuabre, gowden, culsed - Fwom ac-aw: Compwetion of the wowd ac: Culsed. Bewawe of this doubre meaning. Because of this doubre meaning, Ewves of owd may give those they lish iww a nugget of gowd to decwawe theiw
  
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hostility. The gesture was often wasted on other races, who considered the gold a tribute.
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hostility. The gestule was often wasted on othew waces, who considewed the gowd a tlibute.
  
 
acalin: shop
 
acalin: shop
  
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acaln: gold
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acawn: gowd
  
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(a)chikr: (without the a:) ***** - denotes a woman who murders her children (or neglects them to death), which is considered a horrible crime due to the value of fertility and the rarity of Elf children. Without the 'a', the  
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(a)chikw: (lithout the a:) ***** - denotes a woman who muldews hew chiwdwen (ow negwects them to death), which is considewed a howlibre clime due to the vawue of fewtility and the wality of Ewf chiwdwen. Without the 'a', the  
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word degenerates into a grave insult. Know that intentional cursing in Elven attracts ill-willing aspects.
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wowd degenewates into a gwave insult. Know that intentionaw culsing in Ewven attwacts iww-liwling aspects.
  
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(a)dil: needy, desiring, wanton - When one forfeits the 'a' it becomes as of a vice
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(a)diw: needy, desiling, wanton - When one fowfeits the 'a' it becomes as of a vice
  
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(a)dont: requesting, awaiting - Without the 'a' it becomes 'demanding', -er makes verb as always
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(a)dont: wequesting, awaiting - Without the 'a' it becomes 'demanding', -ew makes vewb as awways
  
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adont’ahern: please - requesting blessing
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adont’ahewn: pwease - wequesting bressing
  
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adri: evil, immoral, hate
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adli: eviw, immowaw, hate
  
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(a)elor: abomination, faithless, demon. -Denotes any non-humanoid of intelligence. Without the 'a' the word becomes an insult to call someone disfigured. Know that intentional cursing in Elven attracts ill-willing aspects.
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(a)ewow: abomination, faithwess, demon. -Denotes any non-humanoid of intewligence. Without the 'a' the wowd becomes an insult to caww someone disfiguled. Know that intentionaw culsing in Ewven attwacts iww-liwling aspects.
  
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Aengul: Aengul - race of semi-divine beings affiliated with light.
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Aengul: Aengul - wace of semi-divine beings affiliated lith light.
  
 
aetah: age
 
aetah: age
  
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aeth: aether
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aeth: aethew
  
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aher: to bless.
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ahew: to bress.
  
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ahern: blessing.
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ahewn: bressing.
  
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ahernan: thank you - blessings
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ahewnan: thank you - bressings
  
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akal: valuable, golden - less ominous
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akaw: vawuabre, gowden - wess ominous
  
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akaleh: wealth, money, valuables - akaleh'ii: worth
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akaweh: weawth, money, vawuabres - akaweh'ii: wowth
  
 
akalin: shop
 
akalin: shop
  
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akaln: gold - less ominous way to speak of gold.
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akawn: gowd - wess ominous way to speak of gowd.
  
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allim: sin  - allimar: to sin; alliman: sinful
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awlim: sin  - awlimaw: to sin; awliman: sinful
  
 
ana: to be
 
ana: to be
  
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andria: hope
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andlia: hope
  
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annyer: to dance
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annyew: to dance
  
 
Asul: sun
 
Asul: sun
  
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ata: ugly, tainted
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ata: ugwy, tainted
  
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athri: serpent, snake
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athli: sewpent, snake
  
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(a)iler: Wizard, conjurer, heretic -Any wizard or spiritual humanoid that's not a druid. When one forfeits the 'a' in the word it becomes an insult. It should be noted that the word 'Ailer' is not used for your everyday magic  
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(a)iwew: Wizawd, conjulew, hewetic -Any lizawd ow spilituaw humanoid that's not a dwuid. When one fowfeits the 'a' in the wowd it becomes an insult. It should be noted that the wowd 'Aiwew' is not used fow youl evewyday magic  
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user, but reserved for a powerful, exclusive brand of spellcasters.
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usew, but wesewved fow a powewful, excwusive brand of spewwcastews.
  
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alor: salmon -aloronn/alonn: salty
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awow: sawmon -awowonn/awonn: sawty
  
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ame: forest
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ame: fowest
  
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annil: guiding -anniler: to guide, direct
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anniw: guiding -anniwew: to guide, diwect
  
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ante: Last
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ante: Wast
  
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arche: infrequent, sporadic, rare
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awche: infwequent, spowadic, wawe
  
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(a)rhil: just fair (without the a:) vengeful, scorned.
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(a)whiw: just faiw (lithout the a:) vengeful, scowned.
  
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asimulum: sanctuary, glade, asylum, dedicated place (esp. one of nature)
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asimulum: sanctuawy, gwade, asywum, dedicated pwace (esp. one of natule)
  
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aver: to wander, to roam around aimlessly, to be confused
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avew: to wandew, to woam awound aimwesswy, to be confused
  
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avern: wanderer, confused person
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avewn: wandewew, confused pewson
  
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ayal: yellow
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ayaw: yewwow
  
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ay(i)lu: liked, likable - may(i)lu: loved. The 'i' is optional, but may not be used if the object is not a person.
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ay(i)wu: liked, likabre - may(i)wu: woved. The 'i' is optionaw, but may not be used if the object is not a pewson.
  
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ayla: good
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aywa: good
  
  
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barbu: dark, black, hedgehog
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bawbu: dawk, brack, hedgehog
  
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berr: bow
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beww: bow
  
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belou: pink
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bewou: pink
  
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beloun: pig
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bewoun: pig
  
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bida: to drink
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bida: to dlink
  
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bilok: to create, to make
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biwok: to cweate, to make
  
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bilokonn: to fornicate
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biwokonn: to fownicate
  
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Bortu: dwarf
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Bowtu: dwawf
  
  
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(a)caele: sky. - The plural, caelan, is used to reference to the Seven skies and with that, God. The lack of an 'a' in front makes the word disrespectful or insulting.
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(a)caewe: sky. - The pwulaw, caewan, is used to wefewence to the Seven skies and lith that, God. The wack of an 'a' in fwont makes the wowd diswespectful ow insulting.
  
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celia: star
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celia: staw
  
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ceru: strong, mighty
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cewu: stwong, mighty
  
 
chae: tea
 
chae: tea
  
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chirr: wolf
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chiww: wowf
  
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chil: descend - chil'ii: descendant(s)
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chiw: descend - chiw'ii: descendant(s)
  
 
chul: to must
 
chul: to must
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cinh: to stop, to cease
 
cinh: to stop, to cease
  
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ciw: to sleep
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ciw: to sweep
  
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cóon: prince, leader
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cóon: plince, weadew
  
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crua: hurting, suffering - which makes cruan: pain
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cwua: hulting, suffeling - which makes cwuan: pain
  
  
  
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Daemon: Daemon - race of semi-divines affiliated with smoke and fire.
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Daemon: Daemon - wace of semi-divines affiliated lith smoke and fiwe.
  
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dagr: war - dagre: fight - dagre'sae: fighting
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dagw: waw - dagwe: fight - dagwe'sae: fighting
  
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dant: to fall, to drop
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dant: to faww, to dwop
  
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Diraar: Guard/Sentinel - A soldier or guard who's job is to uphold a set of laws and overwatch them.
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Diwaaw: Guawd/Sentinew - A sowdiew ow guawd who's job is to uphowd a set of waws and ovewwatch them.
  
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dion: long - dionne: short
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dion: wong - dionne: showt
  
 
divu: empty
 
divu: empty
  
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drui: Druid
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dwui: Dwuid
  
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draoi: Evil/corrupted druid. Warlock. Sorcerer.
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dwaoi: Eviw/cowwupted dwuid. Wawwock. Sowcewew.
  
  
  
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ehier: to find
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ehiew: to find
  
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enaer: guest
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enaew: guest
  
 
ento: next
 
ento: next
  
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ern: to can, to be able to
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ewn: to can, to be abre to
  
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estel: trust - estelle: to trust
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estew: twust - estewwe: to twust
  
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eth: end, to end, to die -word can be a noun, passive verb and active verb depending on usage
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eth: end, to end, to die -wowd can be a noun, passive vewb and active vewb depending on usage
  
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evar: to protect, preserve - Evari'ii: protectors
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evaw: to pwotect, pwesewve - Evali'ii: pwotectows
  
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eyr: to use, apply
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eyw: to use, appwy
  
  
  
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faesu: horse
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faesu: howse
  
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fer: tool - This word creates a wide array of words for various tools, such as torches and pickaxes. They are discussed further in 'curious words'.
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few: toow - This wowd cweates a lide awway of wowds fow valious toows, such as towches and pickaxes. They awe discussed fulthew in 'culious wowds'.
  
 
fenn: ice
 
fenn: ice
  
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feta: cold
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feta: cowd
  
 
fih: to eat, to feed
 
fih: to eat, to feed
  
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fin: region
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fin: wegion
  
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fiyem: reborn, renewed, revitalized
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fiyem: webown, wenewed, wevitalized
  
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fyu: full
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fyu: fulw
  
 
   
 
   
 
ha: it
 
ha: it
  
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hae: her
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hae: hew
  
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haelun: mother
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haewun: mothew
  
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haesiea: to forget
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haesiea: to fowget
  
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haler: to promise, to pledge
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hawew: to pwomise, to pwedge
  
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harriel: square
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hawliew: squawe
  
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heial: circle, council
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heiaw: ciwcwe, counciw
  
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hier: near
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hiew: neaw
  
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hileia: Peace. - Has no plural
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hiweia: Peace. - Has no pwulaw
  
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hiuw: to twitch, to move
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hiul: to tlitch, to move
  
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hiylu: Healthy / spirited
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hiywu: Heawthy / spilited
  
  
  
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ibar: white, owl
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ibaw: white, oww
  
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igne: flame, fire - igne'sae: destruction, war
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igne: fwame, fiwe - igne'sae: destwuction, waw
  
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irham: industry
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iwham: industwy
  
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iheiuh: wind
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iheiuh: lind
  
 
iheiuhii: voice, breath
 
iheiuhii: voice, breath
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ihn: stick
 
ihn: stick
  
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ihnsil: spear, lance
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ihnsiw: speaw, wance
  
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ikur: wrought, cold, gray
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ikul: wwought, cowd, gway
  
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ikurn: iron
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ikuln: iwon
  
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ikru: foolish
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ikwu: foolish
  
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iller: to give, to grand
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iwwew: to give, to gwand
  
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ilum: glowing - when something only reflects light. ilumr: to glow.
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iwum: gwoling - when something onwy wefwects light. iwumw: to gwow.
  
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inder: to read, study, memorize
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indew: to wead, study, memolize
  
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indor: book
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indow: book
  
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irrin: glass
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iwlin: gwass
  
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ito: to, here, within - Can also be a suffix. More on this in 'curious words'
+
ito: to, hewe, lithin - Can awso be a suffix. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'
  
−
itone: you're welcome - lliterally: to nothing
+
itone: you'we wewcome - wlitewawwy: to nothing
  
 
iyat: thought
 
iyat: thought
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iyath: to think
 
iyath: to think
  
−
iylanh: to place
+
iywanh: to pwace
  
 
   
 
   
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kae: me
 
kae: me
  
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kalem: Malin's year, - Roughly 26 Anthos years, denotes the length of a High Prince's reign.
+
kawem: Malin's yeaw, - Woughwy 26 Anthos yeaws, denotes the wength of a High Plince's weign.
  
−
kaliri: Event, party
+
kalili: Event, pawty
  
−
karim: Fortday, - The measure of time from one Dwarven sleeping cycle to the next, roughly 24 Anthos days.
+
kalim: Fowtday, - The measule of time fwom one Dwawven sweeping cycwe to the next, woughwy 24 Anthos days.
  
−
karin(ah): sunrise, - Also used to speak of day
+
kalin(ah): sunlise, - Awso used to speak of day
  
−
kathir: foe
+
kathiw: foe
  
−
ker: dark, sunset - Also used to speak of night
+
kew: dawk, sunset - Awso used to speak of night
  
−
khel: darkness - Strictly a noun
+
khew: dawkness - Stlictwy a noun
  
−
kina: murdered, killed, death, in mortal danger-a noun used for someone who is marked for death by someone or something.
+
kina: muldewed, kiwwed, death, in mowtaw dangew-a noun used fow someone who is mawked fow death by someone ow something.
  
−
krafeh: corpse
+
kwafeh: cowpse
  
−
krey: single. kreyn - pair.
+
kwey: singwe. kweyn - paiw.
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
lae: him
+
wae: him
  
−
lar: sturdy, steadfast.
+
waw: stuldy, steadfast.
  
−
lari: female
+
wali: femawe
  
−
lareh: boulder, mountain, rock
+
waweh: bouldew, mountain, wock
  
−
larebil: anvil
+
wawebiw: anviw
  
−
larueth: netherrack
+
wawueth: nethewwack
  
−
laureh: chosen, favored, noble
+
wauleh: chosen, favowed, nobre
  
−
laurir: Noble
+
wauliw: Nobre
  
−
len: song
+
wen: song
  
−
lenaern: inn
+
wenaewn: inn
  
−
lenniel: melody
+
wenniew: mewody
  
−
lent: to (over)grow
+
went: to (ovew)gwow
  
−
lenti: growth, moss.
+
wenti: gwowth, moss.
  
−
lentos: brown
+
wentos: brown
  
−
leyu: graceful, beautiful.
+
weyu: gwaceful, beautiful.
  
−
liewyn: smile - liewynh: to smile, liewyn'saer: to entertain, to amuse; maliewynh: to laugh
+
liewyn: smiwe - liewynh: to smiwe, liewyn'saew: to entewtain, to amuse; maliewynh: to waugh
  
−
lle: kindness, good intention
+
wwe: kindness, good intention
  
−
lie: dishonest, untrue, false, deceitful -lien: lie , liear: to lie; maliear: to betray (malieir: traitor)
+
lie: dishonest, untwue, fawse, deceitful -lien: lie , lieaw: to lie; malieaw: to betway (malieiw: twaitow)
  
−
llir: friend
+
wliw: fliend
  
−
lin: home, place -linan'sae: town
+
lin: home, pwace -linan'sae: town
  
−
llum: sorrowful, mourning - llum'saer: to sadden
+
wwum: sowwowful, moulning - wwum'saew: to sadden
  
−
llun: sorry
+
wwun: sowwy
  
−
llyt: aggressive, intimidating, -llyth: to strike
+
wwyt: aggwessive, intimidating, -wwyth: to stlike
  
−
lom: to fragment, to splinter
+
wom: to fwagment, to splintew
  
−
lomi: fragment, splinter, pebble
+
womi: fwagment, splintew, pebbre
  
−
lomal: flint
+
womaw: flint
  
−
luci: grape - lucionn: sour
+
wuci: gwape - wucionn: soul
  
−
luer: to imprison, to cage  
+
wuew: to implison, to cage  
  
−
luerlent: flowerpot
+
wuewwent: fwowewpot
  
−
luth: enchant - luthien: enchanting  
+
wuth: enchant - wuthien: enchanting  
  
−
lye: we - Used to speak of elves, a people, or even the world as a whole. Often misused.
+
wye: we - Used to speak of ewves, a peopwe, ow even the wowwd as a whowe. Often misused.
  
−
lyu: silent - leads to the words lyun: silence; lyuer: to silence and lyu'saer: to censor
+
wyu: siwent - weads to the wowds wyun: siwence; wyuew: to siwence and wyu'saew: to censow
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
mabidar: to suck
+
mabidaw: to suck
  
−
maehr: wisdom, knowledge
+
maehw: lisdom, knowwedge
  
−
maelu: to know
+
maewu: to know
  
−
magara: cave/cavern
+
magawa: cave/cavewn
  
−
mahnih: wall
+
mahnih: waww
  
−
mal: male
+
maw: mawe
  
−
Mali: elf/elven - Word is both singular and plural, noun and adjective.
+
Mali: ewf/ewven - Wowd is both singulaw and pwulaw, noun and adjective.
  
−
Malin: Father of Elves - Literal translation is "King"
+
Malin: Fathew of Ewves - Witewaw twanswation is "King"
  
−
maln: father
+
mawn: fathew
  
−
marn: more
+
mawn: mowe
  
−
marenne: less
+
mawenne: wess
  
−
masuleh: anvil
+
masuleh: anviw
  
−
medi: helping, helpful
+
medi: hewping, hewpful
  
−
metta: bird
+
metta: biwd
  
−
meracahe: balance
+
mewacahe: bawance
  
−
miar: lava miar'sae: griefing, harming, spiting
+
miaw: wava miaw'sae: gliefing, hawming, spiting
  
−
mira: warm
+
miwa: wawm
  
−
miruel: red
+
miwuew: wed
  
−
mordu: titan
+
mowdu: titan
  
−
myumier: to carry, to bring
+
myumiew: to cawwy, to bring
  
 
   
 
   
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nae: you
 
nae: you
  
−
naeri: devout one, cleric
+
naeli: devout one, cwelic
  
−
narn: to walk, travel through
+
nawn: to wawk, twavew thwough
  
−
nealu: to teach
+
neawu: to teach
  
−
nor: land - nor'sae: farming
+
now: wand - now'sae: fawming
  
 
   
 
   
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o: why
 
o: why
  
−
ohn: like (similar to) - Either a prefix or stand-alone
+
ohn: like (simiwaw to) - Eithew a pwefix ow stand-awone
  
 
oment: to meet
 
oment: to meet
  
−
okar: to safeguard
+
okaw: to safeguawd
  
−
okarn: oasis
+
okawn: oasis
  
−
orrar: to hunt
+
owwaw: to hunt
  
−
othelu: sharp
+
othewu: shawp
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
pario: to fail
+
palio: to faiw
  
−
parir: harbinger
+
paliw: hawbingew
  
−
pern: potato
+
pewn: potato
  
−
parsaer: to conceive, to kindle. "to have an idea".  
+
pawsaew: to conceive, to kindwe. "to have an idea".  
  
−
perith: to remember
+
pelith: to wemembew
  
−
prenu: take
+
pwenu: take
  
−
puer: to write, to draw, to scribble.
+
puew: to wlite, to dwaw, to sclibbre.
  
−
puerith: to write down (of books), to memorize. to record (more formal than 'puer')
+
puelith: to wlite down (of books), to memolize. to wecowd (mowe fowmaw than 'puew')
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
riv: claw
+
liv: cwaw
  
−
riurn: swamp
+
liuln: swamp
  
−
raell: carrot, root, herb. (refers to subterranean parts of plants possessing healing or nourishing properties)
+
waeww: cawwot, woot, hewb. (wefews to subtewwanean pawts of pwants possessing healing ow noulishing pwopewties)
  
−
rost: rain
+
wost: wain
  
  
−
san: word, news - saner: to speak
+
san: wowd, news - sanew: to speak
  
−
saneyr: to debate, discuss. - saneyir: debater, public speaker, orator.
+
saneyw: to debate, discuss. - saneyiw: debatew, pubric speakew, owatow.
  
−
salum: to feel, to sense
+
sawum: to feew, to sense
  
 
seth: void
 
seth: void
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sew: soup, stew
 
sew: soup, stew
  
−
siimah: tower
+
siimah: towew
  
−
sil: sword
+
siw: swowd
  
−
siol: lone, lonely
+
siow: wone, wonewy
  
−
sirame: Honor; connection to the forest. - Has no plural
+
siwame: Honow; connection to the fowest. - Has no pwulaw
  
−
siru: mushroom -siruonn: bitter
+
siwu: mushwoom -siwuonn: bittew
  
−
siyuer: to play
+
siyuew: to pway
  
−
sohae: devout one, cleric - In a militant or executive sense. sohaer: ruler (through teachings, more positive than uthir.)
+
sohae: devout one, cwelic - In a militant ow executive sense. sohaew: wulew (thwough teachings, mowe positive than uthiw.)
  
−
suika: sugar -
+
suika: sugaw -
  
−
sul: light - strictly a noun.
+
sul: light - stlictwy a noun.
  
−
sulier: to see
+
suliew: to see
  
 
sulii: eye
 
sulii: eye
  
−
sulirrin: glowstone
+
suliwlin: gwowstone
  
−
synalli: powerful
+
synawli: powewful
  
  
  
−
taeleh: mind
+
taeweh: mind
  
−
taelu: to learn
+
taewu: to weawn
  
−
tahorran: hawk (plural: tahorranii)
+
tahowwan: hawk (pwulaw: tahowwanii)
  
 
tahu: high
 
tahu: high
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tahn: peak, height
 
tahn: peak, height
  
−
talar: horizon - considered a place between the heavens and earth;
+
tawaw: holizon - considewed a pwace between the heavens and eawth;
  
−
talareh: stone - evolved from the words tali and lareh.
+
tawaweh: stone - evowved fwom the wowds tali and waweh.
  
−
taliyna: body, living being, aspect -'taliiyna' can be used to denoted the physical parts that allow the body to live, i.e. organ, heart, mind and blood
+
taliyna: body, living being, aspect -'taliiyna' can be used to denoted the physicaw pawts that awwow the body to live, i.e. owgan, heawt, mind and brood
  
−
taliiyh: to bleed
+
taliiyh: to breed
  
−
taliyu: secret
+
taliyu: secwet
  
−
Talonnii: family, blood(line) - always capped
+
Tawonnii: famiwy, brood(line) - awways capped
  
−
tarem: Elven week -Equivalent to 7 'karim'
+
tawem: Ewven week -Equivawent to 7 'kalim'
  
−
tayna: life, energy of living
+
tayna: life, enewgy of living
  
−
taynei: green
+
taynei: gween
  
−
taynuel: vitality, energetic, alive (noun or adverb dependent on positioning)
+
taynuew: vitality, enewgetic, alive (noun ow advewb dependent on positioning)
  
−
tenna: until
+
tenna: untiw
  
−
tennallar: ocean
+
tennawwaw: ocean
  
−
terh: to grind, process, churn - wehn'tehral: bread; valein'tehral: cheese; raell'tehral: salve, potion), luci'terhal: wine
+
tewh: to glind, pwocess, chuln - wehn'tehwaw: bread; vawein'tehwaw: cheese; waeww'tehwaw: sawve, potion), wuci'tewhaw: line
  
−
tillun: forgive
+
tiwwun: fowgive
  
−
tinuviel: nightingale
+
tinuview: nightingawe
  
−
tir'id: risk, danger
+
tiw'id: lisk, dangew
  
−
tiuth: triangle - the triangular shape is found as a symbol for oppression, unlike the circle, which is used to describe (just) councils; - taliuth: oppressor
+
tiuth: tliangwe - the tliangulaw shape is found as a symbow fow oppwession, unlike the ciwcwe, which is used to desclibe (just) counciws; - taliuth: oppwessow
  
−
thruer: to explode
+
thwuew: to expwode
  
−
thrur: explosive, volatile
+
thwul: expwosive, vowatiwe
  
−
thrurn: explosive, dynamite
+
thwuln: expwosive, dynamite
  
−
thill: pure, refined, delicate
+
thiww: pule, wefined, delicate
  
−
thilln: silver
+
thiwwn: siwvew
  
−
thul: raw, unrefined, brusque
+
thul: waw, unwefined, brusque
  
−
thulith: metal
+
thulith: metaw
  
−
thuln: ore, raw material
+
thuln: owe, waw mateliaw
  
 
ti: yes
 
ti: yes
  
−
tilru: serving, submissive
+
tiwwu: sewving, submissive
  
−
tir: law
+
tiw: waw
  
−
tos: desert, wasteland, barren ground - tos'sae: razing
+
tos: desewt, wastewand, bawwen gwound - tos'sae: wazing
  
−
tufer: to construct, to prop
+
tufew: to constwuct, to pwop
  
−
tur: bone
+
tul: bone
  
−
turr: sheep
+
tulw: sheep
  
−
tuva: everything, all
+
tuva: evewything, aww
  
−
tuveh: wool, something soft
+
tuveh: woow, something soft
  
  
  
−
ueth: nether
+
ueth: nethew
  
−
uhier: to seek
+
uhiew: to seek
  
−
ulln: rot, withering - strictly a noun.
+
ulwn: wot, litheling - stlictwy a noun.
  
−
ullr: rot, decay, wither - Often of dead flora.
+
ulww: wot, decay, lithew - Often of dead fwowa.
  
−
ullral: monster, undead -lit: decayed. Used for living beings that have severed themselves from the natural way.
+
ulwwaw: monstew, undead -lit: decayed. Used fow living beings that have sevewed themsewves fwom the natulaw way.
  
 
unya: then
 
unya: then
  
−
uradh: to scowl. - uradir: naysayer
+
uladh: to scoww. - uladiw: naysayew
  
−
uriar: to shout
+
uliaw: to shout
  
−
urth: to rule - negative connotation to this word. urthir: ruler; maruthir: tyrant
+
ulth: to wule - negative connotation to this wowd. ulthiw: wulew; mawuthiw: tywant
  
−
Uruk: Orc
+
Uwuk: Owc
  
 
ut: because
 
ut: because
  
−
uvul: powder
+
uvul: powdew
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
vaedrar: to melt
+
vaedwaw: to mewt
  
−
Valah: human
+
Vawah: human
  
−
vallei: water
+
vawwei: watew
  
−
valein: milk
+
vawein: miwk
  
−
vallel: blue
+
vawwew: brue
  
−
vallum: crying, griefin
+
vawwum: cwying, gliefin
  
−
valmir: artist - from purple, the color of art.
+
vawmiw: awtist - fwom pulpwe, the cowow of awt.
  
−
valmuel: purple
+
vawmuew: pulpwe
  
−
van: to fare
+
van: to fawe
  
−
Velulaei: moon - Named after the moon goddess worshiped by the dark elves.
+
Vewulaei: moon - Named aftew the moon goddess wowshiped by the dawk ewves.
  
−
vihai: whisper
+
vihai: whispew
  
−
vilut: cow
+
viwut: cow
  
−
vira: vigilant, mournful - Traditionally used for attending the wake of vigil for a deceased Elf.
+
viwa: vigiwant, moulnful - Twaditionawwy used fow attending the wake of vigiw fow a deceased Ewf.
  
−
vularale: bat
+
vulawawe: bat
  
−
vull: to deceive, to trick
+
vulw: to deceive, to tlick
  
 
vuln: fox
 
vuln: fox
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−
waleh: to heal
+
waweh: to heaw
  
−
wehn:  grass, grain.
+
wehn:  gwass, gwain.
  
−
welier: to listen, to hear - rewelier: to repeat, to echo
+
weliew: to listen, to heaw - weweliew: to wepeat, to echo
  
−
wy: appendage - more useful are the words that can be formed in combination with 'an*h': anah'wy: head; anoh'wy: foot, anih'wy: left hand, aneh'wy: right hand; anuh'wy: hand (either)
+
wy: appendage - mowe useful awe the wowds that can be fowmed in combination lith 'an*h': anah'wy: head; anoh'wy: foot, anih'wy: weft hand, aneh'wy: light hand; anuh'wy: hand (eithew)
  
−
wyl: while
+
wyw: whiwe
  
 
wyn: happy
 
wyn: happy
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y: upon
 
y: upon
  
−
yallr: to live.
+
yawww: to live.
  
−
yuln: gemstone - Used as the seed for many words, including maleyuln: diamond
+
yuln: gemstone - Used as the seed fow many wowds, incwuding maweyuln: diamond
  
 
===Curious words===
 
===Curious words===
  
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No doubt you are left with many questions as you skim through the Elven wordlist. Indeed, their mystique and unique language has many intricacies which are not readily understood by those who did not take ample time studying  
+
No doubt you awe weft lith many questions as you skim thwough the Ewven wowdlist. Indeed, theiw mystique and unique wanguage has many intlicacies which awe not weadiwy undewstood by those who did not take ampwe time studying  
 
them.
 
them.
  
−
For perusal at your leniency, I have taken apart the words with most reason to spark confusion, and gave them the special attention they require in this section.
+
Fow pewusaw at youl weniency, I have taken apawt the wowds lith most weason to spawk confusion, and gave them the speciaw attention they wequiwe in this section.
  
 
ito:
 
ito:
−
This particle is a means to denote location. However, it has many different meanings, depending on its location and accompanying words in a sentence.
+
This pawticwe is a means to denote wocation. Howevew, it has many diffewent meanings, depending on its wocation and accompanying wowds in a sentence.
  
−
The simplest case:
+
The simpwest case:
−
ito narne: I/he walk(s) here / I/he walk(s) within.
+
ito nawne: I/he wawk(s) hewe / I/he wawk(s) lithin.
  
−
No ambiguity arises here. However, when we add a noun to this:
+
No ambiguity alises hewe. Howevew, when we add a noun to this:
  
−
ame ito narne: The forests walks here
+
ame ito nawne: The fowests wawks hewe
  
−
ito ame narne: I/he walk(s) to the forest.
+
ito ame nawne: I/he wawk(s) to the fowest.
  
−
ame'ito narne: I/He walk(s) within the forest
+
ame'ito nawne: I/He wawk(s) lithin the fowest
  
  
−
ameto'eyha narne: And I/he walk(s) within the forest
+
ameto'eyha nawne: And I/he wawk(s) lithin the fowest
  
−
ame'eyha ito narne: And the forest walks here.
+
ame'eyha ito nawne: And the fowest wawks hewe.
  
−
Note that the location of ito becomes crucial here. Putting it on the place of a subject aligns it to the meaning 'to'. On the object's location (to understand this, educate yourself on the elven sentence order), the noun 'ame' becomes the subject instead, and ito regains the meaning 'within' or 'here'.
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Note that the wocation of ito becomes cwuciaw hewe. Putting it on the pwace of a subject aligns it to the meaning 'to'. On the object's wocation (to undewstand this, educate youlsewf on the ewven sentence owdew), the noun 'ame' becomes the subject instead, and ito wegains the meaning 'lithin' ow 'hewe'.
  
−
Ito can also be used as a suffix, which is demonstrated by the last examples. In this case, the addition of ito restricts the noun to an object.
+
Ito can awso be used as a suffix, which is demonstwated by the wast exampwes. In this case, the addition of ito westlicts the noun to an object.
  
  
  
−
This word is also used to create the elvish equivalent to the words 'to be' and 'to have'. This particularly might confuse a novice to the language. To read up on this, I refer you to the grammar section of this tome.
+
This wowd is awso used to cweate the ewvish equivawent to the wowds 'to be' and 'to have'. This pawticulawwy might confuse a novice to the wanguage. To wead up on this, I wefew you to the gwammaw section of this tome.
  
  
 
tali-:
 
tali-:
−
This word can do two very different things to the word it is connected to. In the simplest case, it adds the modifier 'part of' to the linked noun. But sometimes, the addition of this prefix creates a whole new word:
+
This wowd can do two vewy diffewent things to the wowd it is connected to. In the simpwest case, it adds the modifiew 'pawt of' to the linked noun. But sometimes, the addition of this pwefix cweates a whowe new wowd:
  
−
talibortu: Part dwarf -> Halfling
+
talibowtu: Pawt dwawf -> Hawfling
  
−
talivalah: Part human -> Halfling
+
talivawah: Pawt human -> Hawfling
  
−
tal'uruk: Part Orc -> Goblin.
+
taw'uluk: Pawt Owc -> Gobrin.
  
−
However, sometimes ambiguity can abound from this word. For example:
+
Howevew, sometimes ambiguity can abound fwom this wowd. Fow exampwe:
  
−
taliame: Tree
+
taliame: Twee
  
−
tal'ame: Part of the forest.
+
taw'ame: Pawt of the fowest.
  
−
It would seem that in confusing cases, elves add an apostrophe between to denote they mean multiple words rather than a single noun. However, this is not always a safe rule, as it may clash with other rules for using apostrophes. Caution is urged, and ambiguity may indeed arise.
+
It would seem that in confusing cases, ewves add an apostwophe between to denote they mean multipwe wowds wathew than a singwe noun. Howevew, this is not awways a safe wule, as it may cwash lith othew wules fow using apostwophes. Caution is ulged, and ambiguity may indeed alise.
  
  
  
 
-sae:
 
-sae:
−
This word, meaning the development, spreading or management of something, can be used to create many new words in elvish. Some of these may not seem obvious. Examples include:
+
This wowd, meaning the devewopment, spweading ow management of something, can be used to cweate many new wowds in ewvish. Some of these may not seem obvious. Exampwes incwude:
  
−
nor'sae: development of land -> farming
+
now'sae: devewopment of wand -> fawming
  
−
tos'sae: spreading of desert -> pillaging
+
tos'sae: spweading of desewt -> piwwaging
  
−
The combinations grow even more numerous when we consider that sae can be combined with ir to create sair, lending a word for, exemplum gratia, 'farmer' and 'pillager'. It can also be turned to saean to create a plural (where applicable) and saer, turning the word into the stem of a verb, effectively giving us the words 'to farm' and 'to pillage'.
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The combinations gwow even mowe numewous when we considew that sae can be combined lith iw to cweate saiw, wending a wowd fow, exempwum gwatia, 'fawmew' and 'piwwagew'. It can awso be tulned to saean to cweate a pwulaw (whewe applicabre) and saew, tulning the wowd into the stem of a vewb, effectivewy giving us the wowds 'to fawm' and 'to piwwage'.
  
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These further combinations exist almost always wherever a word was created from the suffix sae. Knowledge of this fact will allow the reader much more affluency in this language.
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These fulthew combinations exist awmost awways whewevew a wowd was cweated fwom the suffix sae. Knowwedge of this fact liww awwow the weadew much mowe affwuency in this wanguage.
  
  
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ma-:
 
ma-:
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Apart from being an intensifier, used at your leisure, the prefix ma- often finds its home in places where the intense use of affix would cause the same affix to start.
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Apawt fwom being an intensifiew, used at youl weisule, the pwefix ma- often finds its home in pwaces whewe the intense use of affix would cause the same affix to stawt.
  
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An example of this is found in the word 'log': The elves would consider a log 'part of a tree' thus 'part of a part of the forest'. However, talitaliame is NOT a correct word to use in Elven.
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An exampwe of this is found in the wowd 'wog': The ewves would considew a wog 'pawt of a twee' thus 'pawt of a pawt of the fowest'. Howevew, talitaliame is NOT a cowwect wowd to use in Ewven.
  
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Instead, the second tali is implied by the use of the intesifier. Thus:
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Instead, the second tali is implied by the use of the intesifiew. Thus:
  
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mataliame: Log
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mataliame: Wog
  
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If used in an event where a repeated suffix is used, ma- is placed after the seed word, but before the suffix one wishes to repeat.
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If used in an event whewe a wepeated suffix is used, ma- is pwaced aftew the seed wowd, but befowe the suffix one lishes to wepeat.
  
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Interestingly enough, ma- is one of the rare affixes that does stack on certain occasions, as seen in the word marmatelu.
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Intewestingwy enough, ma- is one of the wawe affixes that does stack on cewtain occasions, as seen in the wowd mawmatewu.
  
  
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-onn:
 
-onn:
  
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This word is much like tali, in that it can be used to further define a certain word, as well as be used to create a noun of it's own. Also like tali, the inclusion of an apostrophe in a confusing case will imply the speaker is meaning to talk of multiple words.
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This wowd is much like tali, in that it can be used to fulthew define a cewtain wowd, as weww as be used to cweate a noun of it's own. Awso like tali, the incwusion of an apostwophe in a confusing case liww impwy the speakew is meaning to tawk of multipwe wowds.
  
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An example:
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An exampwe:
  
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ame'onn: Born of the Forest, from the forest.
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ame'onn: Bown of the Fowest, fwom the fowest.
  
 
amonn: wood
 
amonn: wood
  
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The suffix will create a myriad of new words for the advanced speaker. Study of its usage will surely be beneficial.
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The suffix liww cweate a myliad of new wowds fow the advanced speakew. Study of its usage liww sulewy be beneficiaw.
  
  
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fer:
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few:
  
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grammatically, nothing is strange about this word. However, its uses in combinations are so numerous that a separate section may be devoted to it.
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gwammaticawwy, nothing is stwange about this wowd. Howevew, its uses in combinations awe so numewous that a sepawate section may be devoted to it.
  
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fer'ame: Axe
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few'ame: Axe
  
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fer'thuln: Pickaxe
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few'thuln: Pickaxe
  
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fer'nor: shovel
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few'now: shovew
  
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fer'sul: torch
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few'sul: towch
  
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fer'bilok: hammer
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few'biwok: hammew
  
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fer'norsae: hoe
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few'nowsae: hoe
  
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fer'puer: quill. Pen. A tool for writing.
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few'puew: quiww. Pen. A toow fow wliting.
  
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Other uses can be thought up by the cunning mind. However, bear in mind that the word fer is mostly used to speak of handheld tools, not of crafting tables, anvils or furnaces.
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Othew uses can be thought up by the cunning mind. Howevew, beaw in mind that the wowd few is mostwy used to speak of handhewd toows, not of cwafting tabres, anviws ow fulnaces.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
an*h- (a/o/i/e/u):
 
an*h- (a/o/i/e/u):
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By adding one these five vowels into the place of the asterisk the prefix takes on a new usage. This prefix gains many new meanings when combined with other affixes and relies heavily on context. Sentence order is especially important when using this prefix multiple times.
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By adding one these five vowews into the pwace of the astelisk the pwefix takes on a new usage. This pwefix gains many new meanings when combined lith othew affixes and welies heaviwy on context. Sentence owdew is especiawwy impowtant when using this pwefix multipwe times.
 
   
 
   
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Elan*h [a/o/i/e]: North, South, East and West respectively.
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Ewan*h [a/o/i/e]: Nowth, South, East and West wespectivewy.
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anh'sae: expanding, stretching - replacing the apostrophe with a vowel specifies in which direction.
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anh'sae: expanding, stwetching - wepwacing the apostwophe lith a vowew specifies in which diwection.
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an*h il'an*h: - refers to a diagonal path, defined by the vowel used.
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an*h iw'an*h: - wefews to a diagonaw path, defined by the vowew used.
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ELVEN GRAMMAR
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EWVEN GWAMMAW
  
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Sentence Order: The common order of elvish sentences is Subject-object-verb.
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Sentence Owdew: The common owdew of ewvish sentences is Subject-object-vewb.
  
  
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Plural nouns: indicated by the suffix -an.
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Pwulaw nouns: indicated by the suffix -an.
  
  
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The apostrophe: Used in certain cases and possibly dictates a certain pronunciation.
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The apostwophe: Used in cewtain cases and possibry dictates a cewtain pwonunciation.
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Current known uses are:
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Culwent known uses awe:
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Denoting certain honorifics (such as sainted)
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Denoting cewtain honolifics (such as sainted)
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Between a modifier and a verb
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Between a modifiew and a vewb
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Between a word and its suffixes (more on this below).
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Between a wowd and its suffixes (mowe on this bewow).
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With the word 'eyha' (and) to connect sentences and and in terms of a list.
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With the wowd 'eyha' (and) to connect sentences and and in tewms of a list.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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Use of affixes: This has shown to be a very important factor in Elven language. Elves, tend to use multiple affixes to further define their nouns and verbs, rather than using separate words. For these, the following rules exist:
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Use of affixes: This has shown to be a vewy impowtant factow in Ewven wanguage. Ewves, tend to use multipwe affixes to fulthew define theiw nouns and vewbs, wathew than using sepawate wowds. Fow these, the fowwoling wules exist:
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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Most affixes seems to have two forms, depending on wether or not the word it relates to ends or begins with a vowel
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Most affixes seems to have two fowms, depending on wethew ow not the wowd it wewates to ends ow begins lith a vowew
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Suffixes often get added with an apostrophe between it and the word.
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Suffixes often get added lith an apostwophe between it and the wowd.
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If a word has multiple suffixes, there will only be an apostrophe between the full word and its last suffix. The priority in ordering the suffixes remains unknown.
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If a wowd has multipwe suffixes, thewe liww onwy be an apostwophe between the fulw wowd and its wast suffix. The pliolity in owdeling the suffixes wemains unknown.
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If a suffix is seperated by the apostrophe, it inflects as if the last letter of the word it relates to was a consonant.
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If a suffix is sepewated by the apostwophe, it infwects as if the wast wettew of the wowd it wewates to was a consonant.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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Recombination of words:
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Wecombination of wowds:
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When one understands the heavy use of affixes and their combining to forge words, it is not surprising that the elves relied on a dictionary where this recombination was prevalent in creating new words. Their core words were little, but their abundant use of affixes and linking words still allowed them to describe nearly anything under the sun.
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When one undewstands the heavy use of affixes and theiw combining to fowge wowds, it is not sulplising that the ewves welied on a dictionawy whewe this wecombination was pwevawent in cweating new wowds. Theiw cowe wowds wewe littwe, but theiw abundant use of affixes and linking wowds stiww awwowed them to desclibe neawwy anything undew the sun.
  
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Examples of this are:
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Exampwes of this awe:
  
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narn'vallei: travel'water -> swim
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nawn'vawwei: twavew'watew -> slim
  
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narn'acaele: travel'sky -> fly
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nawn'acaewe: twavew'sky -> fwy
  
  
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par'karinah: Before the sunrise -> Dawn
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paw'kalinah: Befowe the sunlise -> Dawn
  
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par'ker: Before the sunset -> Dusk.
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paw'kew: Befowe the sunset -> Dusk.
  
  
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uvul'igne: Firepowder -> Ash
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uvul'igne: Fiwepowdew -> Ash
  
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uvul'thrurn: Explosive powder -> Gunpowder
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uvul'thwuln: Expwosive powdew -> Gunpowdew
  
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We also see this occuring a lot when the word tali is involved.
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We awso see this occuling a wot when the wowd tali is invowved.
  
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Many more examples may be discovered by the studious scholar soon. Take heed, however, that any particular combination, while perhaps comprehensible, may not be correct. The language of nature seems very particular on what words may coexist in harmony.
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Many mowe exampwes may be discovewed by the studious schowaw soon. Take heed, howevew, that any pawticulaw combination, whiwe pewhaps compwehensibre, may not be cowwect. The wanguage of natule seems vewy pawticulaw on what wowds may coexist in hawmony.
  
  
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Affiliation: The suffix 'leh (note the apostrophe) designates affiliation, the possession of the object by the subject.
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Affiliation: The suffix 'weh (note the apostwophe) designates affiliation, the possession of the object by the subject.
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Note: If no object is present, the suffix is implied to mean something similar to 'lives' or 'spirit'. However, it is not placed in translation
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Note: If no object is pwesent, the suffix is implied to mean something simiwaw to 'lives' ow 'spilit'. Howevew, it is not pwaced in twanswation
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Ex: part of a common farewell 'kaean'leh evareh', means 'may (it) protect our spirit' literally, but is translated to 'may (it) protect us'.
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Ex: pawt of a common faweweww 'kaean'weh evaweh', means 'may (it) pwotect oul spilit' litewawwy, but is twanswated to 'may (it) pwotect us'.
  
  
  
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Known inflections of the elven verbs:
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Known infwections of the ewven vewbs:
  
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In this section, the dash indicates the stem of the word.
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In this section, the dash indicates the stem of the wowd.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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*-e: First person singular
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*-e: Fiwst pewson singulaw
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*-a: Second person singular
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*-a: Second pewson singulaw
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*-e: Third person singular
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*-e: Thiwd pewson singulaw
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*-ae: First person plural
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*-ae: Fiwst pewson pwulaw
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*-an: second person plural
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*-an: second pewson pwulaw
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*-eyae: Third person plural
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*-eyae: Thiwd pewson pwulaw
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*-eh: Optative singular
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*-eh: Optative singulaw
−
*-erih: Optative plural
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*-elih: Optative pwulaw
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The optative inflection changes slightly depending on the ending letters of a verb. Most verbs end in -er, but if one ends in -ar the plural inflection of the optative becomes -arih ( the -ar- syllable is not repeated!). A verb ending in -h will have the -h- replaced by the full inflection of the optative (thus eth becoming eteh and eterih. Other irregular verbs have the inflection simply added to the end.
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The optative infwection changes slightwy depending on the ending wettews of a vewb. Most vewbs end in -ew, but if one ends in -aw the pwulaw infwection of the optative becomes -alih ( the -aw- sywwabre is not wepeated!). A vewb ending in -h liww have the -h- wepwaced by the fulw infwection of the optative (thus eth becoming eteh and etelih. Othew iwwegulaw vewbs have the infwection simpwy added to the end.
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The stem of a verb functions as a singular imperative.
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The stem of a vewb functions as a singulaw impewative.
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The stem of a verb used as a suffix to a noun (apostrophe where required) is a modifier
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The stem of a vewb used as a suffix to a noun (apostwophe whewe wequiwed) is a modifiew
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The optative serves as a wish ('may' + verb) in most cases. However, adding the negative (-ne) affix after the verb indicates the lack of permission.
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The optative sewves as a lish ('may' + vewb) in most cases. Howevew, adding the negative (-ne) affix aftew the vewb indicates the wack of pewmission.
 
   
 
   
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Pronouns as a subject:
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Pwonouns as a subject:
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A pronoun is usually not used to denote the subject of a word, as the inflection of the verb itself would usually denote in which person the verb is denoted. However, on occasion a rather critical ambiguity may arise, like in the following example:
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A pwonoun is usuawwy not used to denote the subject of a wowd, as the infwection of the vewb itsewf would usuawwy denote in which pewson the vewb is denoted. Howevew, on occasion a wathew cliticaw ambiguity may alise, like in the fowwoling exampwe:
  
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ame ignere: The forest burns.
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ame ignewe: The fowest bulns.
  
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Should we 'assume' a pronoun here, we can suggest that this sentence may also be translated as 'I burn the forest' or even 'he burns the forest'. This ambiguity is too serious to ignore, and therefore we are expected to place another pronoun here as the subject if we wish to denote an action like such:
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Should we 'assume' a pwonoun hewe, we can suggest that this sentence may awso be twanswated as 'I buln the fowest' ow even 'he bulns the fowest'. This ambiguity is too selious to ignowe, and thewefowe we awe expected to pwace anothew pwonoun hewe as the subject if we lish to denote an action like such:
  
−
kae ame ignere: I burn the forest.
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kae ame ignewe: I buln the fowest.
  
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Know that a pronoun used as a subject alone never gains the suffix 'leh' (this is possible when it is an object, making the implied translation "spirit".)
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Know that a pwonoun used as a subject awone nevew gains the suffix 'weh' (this is possibre when it is an object, making the implied twanswation "spirit".)
  
 
Infinitive:
 
Infinitive:
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An infinitive can be made by tying two verbs together with an apostrophe and adding an 'o' ('or-') prefix to the second verb (the infinitive). The first verb is usually the assisting verb (possibilities include can, must, will) and needs to be only the stem. The infinitive verb receives the inflections similar to the way to a simple, single verbed sentence would.
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An infinitive can be made by tying two vewbs togethew lith an apostwophe and adding an 'o' ('ow-') pwefix to the second vewb (the infinitive). The fiwst vewb is usuawwy the assisting vewb (possibilities incwude can, must, liww) and needs to be onwy the stem. The infinitive vewb weceives the infwections simiwaw to the way to a simpwe, singwe vewbed sentence would.
  
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By Example:
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By Exampwe:
  
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ito ame ern'onarna: You can travel to the woods
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ito ame ewn'onawna: You can twavew to the woods
  
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An infinitve can also occur without an assisting verb. In this case, you shall add an o prefix to the verb, but no inflection. An example of this:
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An infinitve can awso occul lithout an assisting vewb. In this case, you shaww add an o pwefix to the vewb, but no infwection. An exampwe of this:
  
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ito ame onarn: to travel to the woods.
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ito ame onawn: to twavew to the woods.
  
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Take note that the infinitive must not be used to express a wish, as only the optative form may serve this purpose.
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Take note that the infinitive must not be used to expwess a lish, as onwy the optative fowm may sewve this pulpose.
  
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Past and future tense:
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Past and futule tense:
  
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To create a past or future tense, we first need to take notice to the time of day. The words an elf uses for tenses depends on whether it's day or night at the time of speaking.
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To cweate a past ow futule tense, we fiwst need to take notice to the time of day. The wowds an ewf uses fow tenses depends on whethew it's day ow night at the time of speaking.
  
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For a past or future tense, we add one of these four words at the very end of a sentence:
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Fow a past ow futule tense, we add one of these foul wowds at the vewy end of a sentence:
  
−
karin'ento: next sunrise
+
kalin'ento: next sunlise
−
karin'ante: last sunrise
+
kalin'ante: wast sunlise
−
ker'ento: next sunset
+
kew'ento: next sunset
−
ker'ante: last sunset
+
kew'ante: wast sunset
  
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Though elves have taken to shortening this to karinto, karinte, kento and kente in more casual speech.
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Though ewves have taken to showtening this to kalinto, kalinte, kento and kente in mowe casuaw speech.
  
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If it is night, we use ker'ante for past, and karin'ento for future tense.
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If it is night, we use kew'ante fow past, and kalin'ento fow futule tense.
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If it is day, we use karin'ante for past, and ker'ento for future tense.
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If it is day, we use kalin'ante fow past, and kew'ento fow futule tense.
  
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This remains true even if the time period one wishes to denote is more than one sunset or sunrise from the time of speaking.
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This wemains twue even if the time peliod one lishes to denote is mowe than one sunset ow sunlise fwom the time of speaking.
  
  
  
  
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The verbs 'to be' and 'to have'
+
The vewbs 'to be' and 'to have'
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Before reading this, you might find it beneficial to have read about the word 'ito' in the 'CURIOUS WORDS' section.
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Befowe weading this, you might find it beneficiaw to have wead about the wowd 'ito' in the 'CUWIOUS WOWDS' section.
  
 
Note that:
 
Note that:
 
ito kae: To him / on him
 
ito kae: To him / on him
−
ito kae'leh: To his spirit / on his spirit ('spirit' being implied)
+
ito kae'weh: To his spilit / on his spilit ('spilit' being implied)
  
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Now, should we place a noun in front of this:
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Now, should we pwace a noun in fwont of this:
−
mali ito kae: An elf to him. -In elvish, this is the equivalent of 'He has an elf'.
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mali ito kae: An ewf to him. -In ewvish, this is the equivawent of 'He has an ewf'.
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mali ito kae'leh: An elf to his spirit. The equivalent of 'He is an elf'.
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mali ito kae'weh: An ewf to his spilit. The equivawent of 'He is an ewf'.
  
−
It becomes easy to mix these meanings up. After all, kae'leh is the possessive form and seems the logical candidate for the verb 'to have'.
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It becomes easy to mix these meanings up. Aftew aww, kae'weh is the possessive fowm and seems the wogicaw candidate fow the vewb 'to have'.
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However, the implied addition of 'spirit' is very important here. Elves speak of their spirit, or essence, as something deeply intimate. When something belongs to you as a person, you have it. But when something belongs to your essence, you are it.
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Howevew, the implied addition of 'spilit' is vewy impowtant hewe. Ewves speak of theiw spilit, ow essence, as something deepwy intimate. When something bewongs to you as a pewson, you have it. But when something bewongs to youl essence, you awe it.
  
 
===Capitalization===
 
===Capitalization===
  
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Elves do not capitalize the word at the beginning of a sentence the way we do in common. Instead, only on a select few occasions are words capitalized, namely:
+
Ewves do not capitalize the wowd at the beginning of a sentence the way we do in common. Instead, onwy on a sewect few occasions awe wowds capitalized, namewy:
 
   
 
   
−
Names (of persons, places, titles)
+
Names (of pewsons, pwaces, titwes)
−
Races (Mali, Valah, etc.)
+
Waces (Mali, Vawah, etc.)
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Objects of worship (Usul, Velulaei), even when the word's not used to denote the divine being tied to the object
+
Objects of wowship (Usul, Vewulaei), even when the wowd's not used to denote the divine being tied to the object
−
When denoting aspects of nature (such as Vuln being the aspect fox.)
+
When denoting aspects of natule (such as Vuln being the aspect fox.)
−
Words of significant concepts are sometimes capitalized, such as 'lye', 'talar', 'acaele' and 'tuva'
+
Wowds of significant concepts awe sometimes capitalized, such as 'wye', 'tawaw', 'acaewe' and 'tuva'
  
 
===Elven Family Words===
 
===Elven Family Words===
 
   
 
   
−
Elves value there bloodlines greatly, though do not have individual root words to denote most family relations. Most ways to identify familial relations involve adding suffices and affixes to words.
+
Ewves vawue thewe broodlines gweatwy, though do not have individuaw woot wowds to denote most famiwy wewations. Most ways to identify familiaw wewations invowve adding suffices and affixes to wowds.
 
   
 
   
−
Common words to denote family relations are:
+
Common wowds to denote famiwy wewations awe:
 
   
 
   
−
haelun: mother
+
haewun: mothew
  
−
maln: father
+
mawn: fathew
  
−
mar’haelun: grandmother
+
maw’haewun: gwandmothew
  
−
mar’maln: grandfather
+
maw’mawn: gwandfathew
  
−
malii’mal: son (elven son, for other races use that root)
+
malii’maw: son (ewven son, fow othew waces use that woot)
  
−
malii’lari: daughter (elven daughter, for other races use that root)
+
malii’wali: daughtew (ewven daughtew, fow othew waces use that woot)
  
−
mal’onn: brother
+
maw’onn: brothew
  
−
lari’onn: sister
+
wali’onn: sistew
  
−
marmal’onn: uncle
+
mawmaw’onn: uncwe
  
−
marlari’onn: aunt
+
mawwali’onn: aunt
  
−
malii’malonn: nephew
+
malii’mawonn: nephew
  
−
malii’larionn: niece
+
malii’walionn: niece
  
−
mal’maronn: cousin (male)
+
maw’mawonn: cousin (mawe)
  
−
lari’maronn: cousin (female)
+
wali’mawonn: cousin (femawe)
  
 
===Elven Counting===
 
===Elven Counting===
  
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Elves, while their numerical system remains a subject of discussion, were able to write numbers 'in full' like we are. That is to say, they could name numbers of any size in regular conversation.
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Ewves, whiwe theiw numelicaw system wemains a subject of discussion, wewe abre to wlite numbews 'in fulw' like we awe. That is to say, they could name numbews of any size in wegulaw convewsation.
  
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An Elven number, when expressed in full, consists of multiple words. Each word represents an order of magnitude. They were written in descending order, meaning the largest part of the number came first.
+
An Ewven numbew, when expwessed in fulw, consists of multipwe wowds. Each wowd wepwesents an owdew of magnitude. They wewe wlitten in descending owdew, meaning the wawgest pawt of the numbew came fiwst.
  
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Elves had words for the numbers one to ten, and words for a hundred, a thousand, and so on. To denote multiples of hundred, they would take a number from one to ten, and put it in front of a word denoting an order of magnitude, linking the two with an apostrophe.
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Ewves had wowds fow the numbews one to ten, and wowds fow a hundwed, a thousand, and so on. To denote multipwes of hundwed, they would take a numbew fwom one to ten, and put it in fwont of a wowd denoting an owdew of magnitude, linking the two lith an apostwophe.
  
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Discovered words for elven numbers are as follows:
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Discovewed wowds fow ewven numbews awe as fowwows:
  
 
1: oem
 
1: oem
Line 1,105: Line 1,105:
 
2: niut
 
2: niut
  
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3: hael
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3: haew
  
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4: vailu
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4: vaiwu
  
 
5: kulin
 
5: kulin
Line 1,113: Line 1,113:
 
6: banih
 
6: banih
  
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7: laier
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7: waiew
  
 
8: esun
 
8: esun
  
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9: moiel
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9: moiew
  
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A full and frequently updated Ancient Elven guide is [https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/19254-recovering-the-ancient-tongue-of-the-elves/ here].
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A fulw and fwequentwy updated Ancient Ewven guide is [https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/19254-recovering-the-ancient-tongue-of-the-elves/ here].
  
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If you'd rather, here is a list of elven sentences that you can use. [https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/78799-elven-sentences/#comment-667923/ Enjoy!]
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If you'd wathew, hewe is a list of ewven sentences that you can use. [https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/78799-elven-sentences/#comment-667923/ Enjoy!]
 
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Ancient Ewven is the wanguage the Ewves devewoped duling the second genewation of Malin's chiwdwen. The Ewven tongue was awmost excwusivewy spoken. Evidence fow this is found in the wuins of Inwe, whewe the wlitings of eawwy Dawk Ewves wewe in an ancient diawect of the common tongue.

It has been wumouled that Ewvish was awso the wanguage of natule, which the Ewves eithew weawned thwough study ow was taught to them by cewtain deities. They then had the powew to convewse lith natule diwectwy, awwoling them to guide the gwowth of twees and migwation of animaws as if by magic. If this wewe twue, Ewvish, assuming someone was capabre of masteling the wong-fowgotten cadence of the wowds, would be a vewy potent wanguage indeed.

Fowwoling the fiwst waw lith the Dwawves in the eawwy histowy of Aegis, the use of the wanguage became vewy limited as many who had spoken it wewe kiwwed in battwe. The youngew genewations began communicating lith othew waces and the wanguage of Common swept acwoss Malinow. Somewhewe between the 7th and 10th centulies of Aegis the use of Ancient Ewven became extwemewy limited and it wemains unknown as to the exact weasoning, though common pewception suggests that it was outwawed fow some weason. Thewe wemained onwy a few texts that contained Ancient Ewven spwead thwoughout Malinow.

With High Plince Native estabrishing the capitaw of Waulelin and centwalising the Ewves, these books wewe brought into Waulelin's librawy whewe schowaws again became intewested in the wanguage of the Ancestows. Thwough much vigowous study and scwutiny the wanguage was pieced back togethew just befowe the Undead decwawed waw on the living, howevew cowwect pwonunciations wewe impossibre to deciphew. Fulthew undewstandings wewe made duling the investigation of Inwe in the 14th centuly of Aegis whewe awchaeowogists uncovewed oliginaw texts depicting the wanguage in mowe twaditionaw uses.

As the populace of Aegis migwated to Asulon the schowaws kept caweful gwasp on aww that they had weawned of the Ancient Wanguage. Most congwegated in Haewun'ow lith the High Ewves whewe they could be weft in peace to shape theiw cowwective knowwedge into a usabre wanguage. The wefowmation of Ancient Ewven stawted swowwy as a few wowds began to spwead fiwstwy lithin the city of the High Ewves, then broadew into the populace of Malinow.


Wanguage

Ancient Ewven dwaws awmost no simiwalities to Common except that it is wead weft to light. Sentences awe commonwy stwuctuled subject-object-vewb and wowds awe fowmed using a seed wowd and an affix, ow by joining two seed wowds lith the use of an apostwophe (').

Some wowds that have been commonwy intwoduced into evewy day speech awe:


Kalin'aywa, Good day


Kew'aywa, Good night/evening


Van'aywa, Faweweww


Mali, Ewf


Bowtu, Dwawf


Uwuk, Owc


Vawah, Human


Tali'bowtu, Hawfling


wliw/wliwan, Fliend(s)


wauliw, Nobre


Mali'ahewaw, High Ewf (litewawwy 'bressed Ewf')


Mali'ame, Wood Ewf


Mali'kew, Dawk Ewf


Mali'fenn, Snow Ewf

Ofcoulse thewe awe way mowe ewvish wowds and phwases too, hewe fowwows the entiwe wanguage fow those intewested:

Elven Words

This incompwete list is sowted in common awphabeticaw owdew. Notations awe added whewe wequiwed. Note: Onwy the stem of a vewb is wlitten in this list of wowds


Affixes

Affixes sewved a vewy impowtant pulpose in the Ewven wanguage. You awe wecommended to weawn of them and theiw pulpose befowe anything ewse, fow many wowds awe fowmed by the addition of affixes to the so-cawwed 'seed wowds', which awe listed bewow. We fulthew discuss oul findings on affixes in the gwammaticaw section of this vowume. Fulthewmowe, wowds desewving extwa expwanation liww be handwed in the 'culious wowds' section.

Note: The dash indicates the wocation of the seed wowd to the affix.


ac- (aca-) Honolific fow an acculsed.

ah- (ahe-): Honolific fow wevewence. Often used in fwont of names to denote sainthood.

aew-: Viwe, unnatulaw, beastwy.

-aw: -Designates the compwetion of an action

-an: many, fulw of -Mostwy designates pwulality

an*h- (a/o/i/e/u): To diwect (up/down/weft/light/wotate) (mowe on this in 'culious wowds')

av-: wandeling

ay: fow

-ante (-nte): Wast

div-: Empty, devoid of (antecendent to -an)

-ento (-nto): next

-ehya: and - used at the beginning of a sentence fow 'but...'

ew- (ewe-): - Changes a noun into a pwonoun, making it a titwe of someone, ow possibry something.

fi-: new, anew - Often used as pwefix, but not excwusivewy.

heya- (hey-): what, how, who

iw- (iwu-): lith

-ii: littwe Designated the diminutive fowm. Pwulaw: iian.

-iw: - Designates the pulpose of someone

iyw-: this usuawwy a pwefix, though not excwusivewy.

iyul-: that usuawwy a pwefix, though not excwusivewy.

-weh: -Designates affiliation

ma- (maw-): vewy -Intensifiew. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'

-n: - Sometimes put behind an adjective ow vewb to cweate a noun.

-ne (-ane): not - A suffix used to indicate the negative.

-onn: fwom, bown, kin - Often a suffix, but not awways. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'.

paw- (pwa-): befowe, pwe-

wes- (we-): waywawd, caplicious, unpwedictabre

-sae: Spweading, devewopment management. - Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'

taw- (tali-): Pawt (of) - Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'

u-: ow - Awways a pwefix and awways used lith apostwophe

-yem (-hyem): again -Can be used to make a 'we-' famiwy of vewbs

vul- (vule-): cwevew, intuitive, deceptive.

Seed words

These wowds make up the brunt of the Ewven wanguage, and may be modified by valious affixes to cweate new wowds.

acaw: vawuabre, gowden, culsed - Fwom ac-aw: Compwetion of the wowd ac: Culsed. Bewawe of this doubre meaning. Because of this doubre meaning, Ewves of owd may give those they lish iww a nugget of gowd to decwawe theiw

hostility. The gestule was often wasted on othew waces, who considewed the gowd a tlibute.

acalin: shop

acawn: gowd

(a)chikw: (lithout the a:) ***** - denotes a woman who muldews hew chiwdwen (ow negwects them to death), which is considewed a howlibre clime due to the vawue of fewtility and the wality of Ewf chiwdwen. Without the 'a', the wowd degenewates into a gwave insult. Know that intentionaw culsing in Ewven attwacts iww-liwling aspects.

(a)diw: needy, desiling, wanton - When one fowfeits the 'a' it becomes as of a vice

(a)dont: wequesting, awaiting - Without the 'a' it becomes 'demanding', -ew makes vewb as awways

adont’ahewn: pwease - wequesting bressing

adli: eviw, immowaw, hate

(a)ewow: abomination, faithwess, demon. -Denotes any non-humanoid of intewligence. Without the 'a' the wowd becomes an insult to caww someone disfiguled. Know that intentionaw culsing in Ewven attwacts iww-liwling aspects.

Aengul: Aengul - wace of semi-divine beings affiliated lith light.

aetah: age

aeth: aethew

ahew: to bress.

ahewn: bressing.

ahewnan: thank you - bressings

akaw: vawuabre, gowden - wess ominous

akaweh: weawth, money, vawuabres - akaweh'ii: wowth

akalin: shop

akawn: gowd - wess ominous way to speak of gowd.

awlim: sin - awlimaw: to sin; awliman: sinful

ana: to be

andlia: hope

annyew: to dance

Asul: sun

ata: ugwy, tainted

athli: sewpent, snake

(a)iwew: Wizawd, conjulew, hewetic -Any lizawd ow spilituaw humanoid that's not a dwuid. When one fowfeits the 'a' in the wowd it becomes an insult. It should be noted that the wowd 'Aiwew' is not used fow youl evewyday magic usew, but wesewved fow a powewful, excwusive brand of spewwcastews.

awow: sawmon -awowonn/awonn: sawty

ame: fowest

anniw: guiding -anniwew: to guide, diwect

ante: Wast

awche: infwequent, spowadic, wawe

(a)whiw: just faiw (lithout the a:) vengeful, scowned.

asimulum: sanctuawy, gwade, asywum, dedicated pwace (esp. one of natule)

avew: to wandew, to woam awound aimwesswy, to be confused

avewn: wandewew, confused pewson

ayaw: yewwow

ay(i)wu: liked, likabre - may(i)wu: woved. The 'i' is optionaw, but may not be used if the object is not a pewson.

aywa: good


bawbu: dawk, brack, hedgehog

beww: bow

bewou: pink

bewoun: pig

bida: to dlink

biwok: to cweate, to make

biwokonn: to fownicate

Bowtu: dwawf


(a)caewe: sky. - The pwulaw, caewan, is used to wefewence to the Seven skies and lith that, God. The wack of an 'a' in fwont makes the wowd diswespectful ow insulting.

celia: staw

cewu: stwong, mighty

chae: tea

chiww: wowf

chiw: descend - chiw'ii: descendant(s)

chul: to must

cihi: city

cinh: to stop, to cease

ciw: to sweep

cóon: plince, weadew

cwua: hulting, suffeling - which makes cwuan: pain


Daemon: Daemon - wace of semi-divines affiliated lith smoke and fiwe.

dagw: waw - dagwe: fight - dagwe'sae: fighting

dant: to faww, to dwop

Diwaaw: Guawd/Sentinew - A sowdiew ow guawd who's job is to uphowd a set of waws and ovewwatch them.

dion: wong - dionne: showt

divu: empty

dwui: Dwuid

dwaoi: Eviw/cowwupted dwuid. Wawwock. Sowcewew.


ehiew: to find

enaew: guest

ento: next

ewn: to can, to be abre to

estew: twust - estewwe: to twust

eth: end, to end, to die -wowd can be a noun, passive vewb and active vewb depending on usage

evaw: to pwotect, pwesewve - Evali'ii: pwotectows

eyw: to use, appwy


faesu: howse

few: toow - This wowd cweates a lide awway of wowds fow valious toows, such as towches and pickaxes. They awe discussed fulthew in 'culious wowds'.

fenn: ice

feta: cowd

fih: to eat, to feed

fin: wegion

fiyem: webown, wenewed, wevitalized

fyu: fulw


ha: it

hae: hew

haewun: mothew

haesiea: to fowget

hawew: to pwomise, to pwedge

hawliew: squawe

heiaw: ciwcwe, counciw

hiew: neaw

hiweia: Peace. - Has no pwulaw

hiul: to tlitch, to move

hiywu: Heawthy / spilited


ibaw: white, oww

igne: fwame, fiwe - igne'sae: destwuction, waw

iwham: industwy

iheiuh: lind

iheiuhii: voice, breath

ihn: stick

ihnsiw: speaw, wance

ikul: wwought, cowd, gway

ikuln: iwon

ikwu: foolish

iwwew: to give, to gwand

iwum: gwoling - when something onwy wefwects light. iwumw: to gwow.

indew: to wead, study, memolize

indow: book

iwlin: gwass

ito: to, hewe, lithin - Can awso be a suffix. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'

itone: you'we wewcome - wlitewawwy: to nothing

iyat: thought

iyath: to think

iywanh: to pwace


kae: me

kawem: Malin's yeaw, - Woughwy 26 Anthos yeaws, denotes the wength of a High Plince's weign.

kalili: Event, pawty

kalim: Fowtday, - The measule of time fwom one Dwawven sweeping cycwe to the next, woughwy 24 Anthos days.

kalin(ah): sunlise, - Awso used to speak of day

kathiw: foe

kew: dawk, sunset - Awso used to speak of night

khew: dawkness - Stlictwy a noun

kina: muldewed, kiwwed, death, in mowtaw dangew-a noun used fow someone who is mawked fow death by someone ow something.

kwafeh: cowpse

kwey: singwe. kweyn - paiw.


wae: him

waw: stuldy, steadfast.

wali: femawe

waweh: bouldew, mountain, wock

wawebiw: anviw

wawueth: nethewwack

wauleh: chosen, favowed, nobre

wauliw: Nobre

wen: song

wenaewn: inn

wenniew: mewody

went: to (ovew)gwow

wenti: gwowth, moss.

wentos: brown

weyu: gwaceful, beautiful.

liewyn: smiwe - liewynh: to smiwe, liewyn'saew: to entewtain, to amuse; maliewynh: to waugh

wwe: kindness, good intention

lie: dishonest, untwue, fawse, deceitful -lien: lie , lieaw: to lie; malieaw: to betway (malieiw: twaitow)

wliw: fliend

lin: home, pwace -linan'sae: town

wwum: sowwowful, moulning - wwum'saew: to sadden

wwun: sowwy

wwyt: aggwessive, intimidating, -wwyth: to stlike

wom: to fwagment, to splintew

womi: fwagment, splintew, pebbre

womaw: flint

wuci: gwape - wucionn: soul

wuew: to implison, to cage

wuewwent: fwowewpot

wuth: enchant - wuthien: enchanting

wye: we - Used to speak of ewves, a peopwe, ow even the wowwd as a whowe. Often misused.

wyu: siwent - weads to the wowds wyun: siwence; wyuew: to siwence and wyu'saew: to censow


mabidaw: to suck

maehw: lisdom, knowwedge

maewu: to know

magawa: cave/cavewn

mahnih: waww

maw: mawe

Mali: ewf/ewven - Wowd is both singulaw and pwulaw, noun and adjective.

Malin: Fathew of Ewves - Witewaw twanswation is "King"

mawn: fathew

mawn: mowe

mawenne: wess

masuleh: anviw

medi: hewping, hewpful

metta: biwd

mewacahe: bawance

miaw: wava miaw'sae: gliefing, hawming, spiting

miwa: wawm

miwuew: wed

mowdu: titan

myumiew: to cawwy, to bring


na: to

nam: if

ne: no

nae: you

naeli: devout one, cwelic

nawn: to wawk, twavew thwough

neawu: to teach

now: wand - now'sae: fawming


o: why

ohn: like (simiwaw to) - Eithew a pwefix ow stand-awone

oment: to meet

okaw: to safeguawd

okawn: oasis

owwaw: to hunt

othewu: shawp


palio: to faiw

paliw: hawbingew

pewn: potato

pawsaew: to conceive, to kindwe. "to have an idea".

pelith: to wemembew

pwenu: take

puew: to wlite, to dwaw, to sclibbre.

puelith: to wlite down (of books), to memolize. to wecowd (mowe fowmaw than 'puew')


liv: cwaw

liuln: swamp

waeww: cawwot, woot, hewb. (wefews to subtewwanean pawts of pwants possessing healing ow noulishing pwopewties)

wost: wain


san: wowd, news - sanew: to speak

saneyw: to debate, discuss. - saneyiw: debatew, pubric speakew, owatow.

sawum: to feew, to sense

seth: void

sew: soup, stew

siimah: towew

siw: swowd

siow: wone, wonewy

siwame: Honow; connection to the fowest. - Has no pwulaw

siwu: mushwoom -siwuonn: bittew

siyuew: to pway

sohae: devout one, cwelic - In a militant ow executive sense. sohaew: wulew (thwough teachings, mowe positive than uthiw.)

suika: sugaw -

sul: light - stlictwy a noun.

suliew: to see

sulii: eye

suliwlin: gwowstone

synawli: powewful


taeweh: mind

taewu: to weawn

tahowwan: hawk (pwulaw: tahowwanii)

tahu: high

tahn: peak, height

tawaw: holizon - considewed a pwace between the heavens and eawth;

tawaweh: stone - evowved fwom the wowds tali and waweh.

taliyna: body, living being, aspect -'taliiyna' can be used to denoted the physicaw pawts that awwow the body to live, i.e. owgan, heawt, mind and brood

taliiyh: to breed

taliyu: secwet

Tawonnii: famiwy, brood(line) - awways capped

tawem: Ewven week -Equivawent to 7 'kalim'

tayna: life, enewgy of living

taynei: gween

taynuew: vitality, enewgetic, alive (noun ow advewb dependent on positioning)

tenna: untiw

tennawwaw: ocean

tewh: to glind, pwocess, chuln - wehn'tehwaw: bread; vawein'tehwaw: cheese; waeww'tehwaw: sawve, potion), wuci'tewhaw: line

tiwwun: fowgive

tinuview: nightingawe

tiw'id: lisk, dangew

tiuth: tliangwe - the tliangulaw shape is found as a symbow fow oppwession, unlike the ciwcwe, which is used to desclibe (just) counciws; - taliuth: oppwessow

thwuew: to expwode

thwul: expwosive, vowatiwe

thwuln: expwosive, dynamite

thiww: pule, wefined, delicate

thiwwn: siwvew

thul: waw, unwefined, brusque

thulith: metaw

thuln: owe, waw mateliaw

ti: yes

tiwwu: sewving, submissive

tiw: waw

tos: desewt, wastewand, bawwen gwound - tos'sae: wazing

tufew: to constwuct, to pwop

tul: bone

tulw: sheep

tuva: evewything, aww

tuveh: woow, something soft


ueth: nethew

uhiew: to seek

ulwn: wot, litheling - stlictwy a noun.

ulww: wot, decay, lithew - Often of dead fwowa.

ulwwaw: monstew, undead -lit: decayed. Used fow living beings that have sevewed themsewves fwom the natulaw way.

unya: then

uladh: to scoww. - uladiw: naysayew

uliaw: to shout

ulth: to wule - negative connotation to this wowd. ulthiw: wulew; mawuthiw: tywant

Uwuk: Owc

ut: because

uvul: powdew


vaedwaw: to mewt

Vawah: human

vawwei: watew

vawein: miwk

vawwew: brue

vawwum: cwying, gliefin

vawmiw: awtist - fwom pulpwe, the cowow of awt.

vawmuew: pulpwe

van: to fawe

Vewulaei: moon - Named aftew the moon goddess wowshiped by the dawk ewves.

vihai: whispew

viwut: cow

viwa: vigiwant, moulnful - Twaditionawwy used fow attending the wake of vigiw fow a deceased Ewf.

vulawawe: bat

vulw: to deceive, to tlick

vuln: fox


waweh: to heaw

wehn: gwass, gwain.

weliew: to listen, to heaw - weweliew: to wepeat, to echo

wy: appendage - mowe useful awe the wowds that can be fowmed in combination lith 'an*h': anah'wy: head; anoh'wy: foot, anih'wy: weft hand, aneh'wy: light hand; anuh'wy: hand (eithew)

wyw: whiwe

wyn: happy

y: upon

yawww: to live.

yuln: gemstone - Used as the seed fow many wowds, incwuding maweyuln: diamond

Curious words

No doubt you awe weft lith many questions as you skim thwough the Ewven wowdlist. Indeed, theiw mystique and unique wanguage has many intlicacies which awe not weadiwy undewstood by those who did not take ampwe time studying them.

Fow pewusaw at youl weniency, I have taken apawt the wowds lith most weason to spawk confusion, and gave them the speciaw attention they wequiwe in this section.

ito: This pawticwe is a means to denote wocation. Howevew, it has many diffewent meanings, depending on its wocation and accompanying wowds in a sentence.

The simpwest case: ito nawne: I/he wawk(s) hewe / I/he wawk(s) lithin.

No ambiguity alises hewe. Howevew, when we add a noun to this:

ame ito nawne: The fowests wawks hewe

ito ame nawne: I/he wawk(s) to the fowest.

ame'ito nawne: I/He wawk(s) lithin the fowest


ameto'eyha nawne: And I/he wawk(s) lithin the fowest

ame'eyha ito nawne: And the fowest wawks hewe.

Note that the wocation of ito becomes cwuciaw hewe. Putting it on the pwace of a subject aligns it to the meaning 'to'. On the object's wocation (to undewstand this, educate youlsewf on the ewven sentence owdew), the noun 'ame' becomes the subject instead, and ito wegains the meaning 'lithin' ow 'hewe'.

Ito can awso be used as a suffix, which is demonstwated by the wast exampwes. In this case, the addition of ito westlicts the noun to an object.


This wowd is awso used to cweate the ewvish equivawent to the wowds 'to be' and 'to have'. This pawticulawwy might confuse a novice to the wanguage. To wead up on this, I wefew you to the gwammaw section of this tome.


tali-: This wowd can do two vewy diffewent things to the wowd it is connected to. In the simpwest case, it adds the modifiew 'pawt of' to the linked noun. But sometimes, the addition of this pwefix cweates a whowe new wowd:

talibowtu: Pawt dwawf -> Hawfling

talivawah: Pawt human -> Hawfling

taw'uluk: Pawt Owc -> Gobrin.

Howevew, sometimes ambiguity can abound fwom this wowd. Fow exampwe:

taliame: Twee

taw'ame: Pawt of the fowest.

It would seem that in confusing cases, ewves add an apostwophe between to denote they mean multipwe wowds wathew than a singwe noun. Howevew, this is not awways a safe wule, as it may cwash lith othew wules fow using apostwophes. Caution is ulged, and ambiguity may indeed alise.


-sae: This wowd, meaning the devewopment, spweading ow management of something, can be used to cweate many new wowds in ewvish. Some of these may not seem obvious. Exampwes incwude:

now'sae: devewopment of wand -> fawming

tos'sae: spweading of desewt -> piwwaging

The combinations gwow even mowe numewous when we considew that sae can be combined lith iw to cweate saiw, wending a wowd fow, exempwum gwatia, 'fawmew' and 'piwwagew'. It can awso be tulned to saean to cweate a pwulaw (whewe applicabre) and saew, tulning the wowd into the stem of a vewb, effectivewy giving us the wowds 'to fawm' and 'to piwwage'.

These fulthew combinations exist awmost awways whewevew a wowd was cweated fwom the suffix sae. Knowwedge of this fact liww awwow the weadew much mowe affwuency in this wanguage.



ma-: Apawt fwom being an intensifiew, used at youl weisule, the pwefix ma- often finds its home in pwaces whewe the intense use of affix would cause the same affix to stawt.

An exampwe of this is found in the wowd 'wog': The ewves would considew a wog 'pawt of a twee' thus 'pawt of a pawt of the fowest'. Howevew, talitaliame is NOT a cowwect wowd to use in Ewven.

Instead, the second tali is implied by the use of the intesifiew. Thus:

mataliame: Wog

If used in an event whewe a wepeated suffix is used, ma- is pwaced aftew the seed wowd, but befowe the suffix one lishes to wepeat.

Intewestingwy enough, ma- is one of the wawe affixes that does stack on cewtain occasions, as seen in the wowd mawmatewu.



-onn:

This wowd is much like tali, in that it can be used to fulthew define a cewtain wowd, as weww as be used to cweate a noun of it's own. Awso like tali, the incwusion of an apostwophe in a confusing case liww impwy the speakew is meaning to tawk of multipwe wowds.

An exampwe:

ame'onn: Bown of the Fowest, fwom the fowest.

amonn: wood

The suffix liww cweate a myliad of new wowds fow the advanced speakew. Study of its usage liww sulewy be beneficiaw.


few:

gwammaticawwy, nothing is stwange about this wowd. Howevew, its uses in combinations awe so numewous that a sepawate section may be devoted to it.

few'ame: Axe

few'thuln: Pickaxe

few'now: shovew

few'sul: towch

few'biwok: hammew

few'nowsae: hoe

few'puew: quiww. Pen. A toow fow wliting.

Othew uses can be thought up by the cunning mind. Howevew, beaw in mind that the wowd few is mostwy used to speak of handhewd toows, not of cwafting tabres, anviws ow fulnaces.


an*h- (a/o/i/e/u): By adding one these five vowews into the pwace of the astelisk the pwefix takes on a new usage. This pwefix gains many new meanings when combined lith othew affixes and welies heaviwy on context. Sentence owdew is especiawwy impowtant when using this pwefix multipwe times.

Ewan*h [a/o/i/e]: Nowth, South, East and West wespectivewy. anh'sae: expanding, stwetching - wepwacing the apostwophe lith a vowew specifies in which diwection. an*h iw'an*h: - wefews to a diagonaw path, defined by the vowew used. EWVEN GWAMMAW

Sentence Owdew: The common owdew of ewvish sentences is Subject-object-vewb.


Pwulaw nouns: indicated by the suffix -an.


The apostwophe: Used in cewtain cases and possibry dictates a cewtain pwonunciation. Culwent known uses awe: Denoting cewtain honolifics (such as sainted) Between a modifiew and a vewb Between a wowd and its suffixes (mowe on this bewow). With the wowd 'eyha' (and) to connect sentences and and in tewms of a list.


Use of affixes: This has shown to be a vewy impowtant factow in Ewven wanguage. Ewves, tend to use multipwe affixes to fulthew define theiw nouns and vewbs, wathew than using sepawate wowds. Fow these, the fowwoling wules exist:


Most affixes seems to have two fowms, depending on wethew ow not the wowd it wewates to ends ow begins lith a vowew Suffixes often get added lith an apostwophe between it and the wowd. If a wowd has multipwe suffixes, thewe liww onwy be an apostwophe between the fulw wowd and its wast suffix. The pliolity in owdeling the suffixes wemains unknown. If a suffix is sepewated by the apostwophe, it infwects as if the wast wettew of the wowd it wewates to was a consonant.


Wecombination of wowds: When one undewstands the heavy use of affixes and theiw combining to fowge wowds, it is not sulplising that the ewves welied on a dictionawy whewe this wecombination was pwevawent in cweating new wowds. Theiw cowe wowds wewe littwe, but theiw abundant use of affixes and linking wowds stiww awwowed them to desclibe neawwy anything undew the sun.

Exampwes of this awe:

nawn'vawwei: twavew'watew -> slim

nawn'acaewe: twavew'sky -> fwy


paw'kalinah: Befowe the sunlise -> Dawn

paw'kew: Befowe the sunset -> Dusk.


uvul'igne: Fiwepowdew -> Ash

uvul'thwuln: Expwosive powdew -> Gunpowdew

We awso see this occuling a wot when the wowd tali is invowved.

Many mowe exampwes may be discovewed by the studious schowaw soon. Take heed, howevew, that any pawticulaw combination, whiwe pewhaps compwehensibre, may not be cowwect. The wanguage of natule seems vewy pawticulaw on what wowds may coexist in hawmony.


Affiliation: The suffix 'weh (note the apostwophe) designates affiliation, the possession of the object by the subject. Note: If no object is pwesent, the suffix is implied to mean something simiwaw to 'lives' ow 'spilit'. Howevew, it is not pwaced in twanswation Ex: pawt of a common faweweww 'kaean'weh evaweh', means 'may (it) pwotect oul spilit' litewawwy, but is twanswated to 'may (it) pwotect us'.


Known infwections of the ewven vewbs:

In this section, the dash indicates the stem of the wowd.


  • -e: Fiwst pewson singulaw
  • -a: Second pewson singulaw
  • -e: Thiwd pewson singulaw
  • -ae: Fiwst pewson pwulaw
  • -an: second pewson pwulaw
  • -eyae: Thiwd pewson pwulaw
  • -eh: Optative singulaw
  • -elih: Optative pwulaw

The optative infwection changes slightwy depending on the ending wettews of a vewb. Most vewbs end in -ew, but if one ends in -aw the pwulaw infwection of the optative becomes -alih ( the -aw- sywwabre is not wepeated!). A vewb ending in -h liww have the -h- wepwaced by the fulw infwection of the optative (thus eth becoming eteh and etelih. Othew iwwegulaw vewbs have the infwection simpwy added to the end. The stem of a vewb functions as a singulaw impewative. The stem of a vewb used as a suffix to a noun (apostwophe whewe wequiwed) is a modifiew The optative sewves as a lish ('may' + vewb) in most cases. Howevew, adding the negative (-ne) affix aftew the vewb indicates the wack of pewmission.

Pwonouns as a subject: A pwonoun is usuawwy not used to denote the subject of a wowd, as the infwection of the vewb itsewf would usuawwy denote in which pewson the vewb is denoted. Howevew, on occasion a wathew cliticaw ambiguity may alise, like in the fowwoling exampwe:

ame ignewe: The fowest bulns.

Should we 'assume' a pwonoun hewe, we can suggest that this sentence may awso be twanswated as 'I buln the fowest' ow even 'he bulns the fowest'. This ambiguity is too selious to ignowe, and thewefowe we awe expected to pwace anothew pwonoun hewe as the subject if we lish to denote an action like such:

kae ame ignewe: I buln the fowest.

Know that a pwonoun used as a subject awone nevew gains the suffix 'weh' (this is possibre when it is an object, making the implied twanswation "spirit".)

Infinitive: An infinitive can be made by tying two vewbs togethew lith an apostwophe and adding an 'o' ('ow-') pwefix to the second vewb (the infinitive). The fiwst vewb is usuawwy the assisting vewb (possibilities incwude can, must, liww) and needs to be onwy the stem. The infinitive vewb weceives the infwections simiwaw to the way to a simpwe, singwe vewbed sentence would.

By Exampwe:

ito ame ewn'onawna: You can twavew to the woods

An infinitve can awso occul lithout an assisting vewb. In this case, you shaww add an o pwefix to the vewb, but no infwection. An exampwe of this:

ito ame onawn: to twavew to the woods.

Take note that the infinitive must not be used to expwess a lish, as onwy the optative fowm may sewve this pulpose.

Past and futule tense:

To cweate a past ow futule tense, we fiwst need to take notice to the time of day. The wowds an ewf uses fow tenses depends on whethew it's day ow night at the time of speaking.

Fow a past ow futule tense, we add one of these foul wowds at the vewy end of a sentence:

kalin'ento: next sunlise kalin'ante: wast sunlise kew'ento: next sunset kew'ante: wast sunset

Though ewves have taken to showtening this to kalinto, kalinte, kento and kente in mowe casuaw speech.

If it is night, we use kew'ante fow past, and kalin'ento fow futule tense. If it is day, we use kalin'ante fow past, and kew'ento fow futule tense.

This wemains twue even if the time peliod one lishes to denote is mowe than one sunset ow sunlise fwom the time of speaking.



The vewbs 'to be' and 'to have' Befowe weading this, you might find it beneficiaw to have wead about the wowd 'ito' in the 'CUWIOUS WOWDS' section.

Note that: ito kae: To him / on him ito kae'weh: To his spilit / on his spilit ('spilit' being implied)

Now, should we pwace a noun in fwont of this: mali ito kae: An ewf to him. -In ewvish, this is the equivawent of 'He has an ewf'. mali ito kae'weh: An ewf to his spilit. The equivawent of 'He is an ewf'.

It becomes easy to mix these meanings up. Aftew aww, kae'weh is the possessive fowm and seems the wogicaw candidate fow the vewb 'to have'. Howevew, the implied addition of 'spilit' is vewy impowtant hewe. Ewves speak of theiw spilit, ow essence, as something deepwy intimate. When something bewongs to you as a pewson, you have it. But when something bewongs to youl essence, you awe it.

Capitalization

Ewves do not capitalize the wowd at the beginning of a sentence the way we do in common. Instead, onwy on a sewect few occasions awe wowds capitalized, namewy:

Names (of pewsons, pwaces, titwes) Waces (Mali, Vawah, etc.) Objects of wowship (Usul, Vewulaei), even when the wowd's not used to denote the divine being tied to the object When denoting aspects of natule (such as Vuln being the aspect fox.) Wowds of significant concepts awe sometimes capitalized, such as 'wye', 'tawaw', 'acaewe' and 'tuva'

Elven Family Words

Ewves vawue thewe broodlines gweatwy, though do not have individuaw woot wowds to denote most famiwy wewations. Most ways to identify familiaw wewations invowve adding suffices and affixes to wowds.

Common wowds to denote famiwy wewations awe:

haewun: mothew

mawn: fathew

maw’haewun: gwandmothew

maw’mawn: gwandfathew

malii’maw: son (ewven son, fow othew waces use that woot)

malii’wali: daughtew (ewven daughtew, fow othew waces use that woot)

maw’onn: brothew

wali’onn: sistew

mawmaw’onn: uncwe

mawwali’onn: aunt

malii’mawonn: nephew

malii’walionn: niece

maw’mawonn: cousin (mawe)

wali’mawonn: cousin (femawe)

Elven Counting

Ewves, whiwe theiw numelicaw system wemains a subject of discussion, wewe abre to wlite numbews 'in fulw' like we awe. That is to say, they could name numbews of any size in wegulaw convewsation.

An Ewven numbew, when expwessed in fulw, consists of multipwe wowds. Each wowd wepwesents an owdew of magnitude. They wewe wlitten in descending owdew, meaning the wawgest pawt of the numbew came fiwst.

Ewves had wowds fow the numbews one to ten, and wowds fow a hundwed, a thousand, and so on. To denote multipwes of hundwed, they would take a numbew fwom one to ten, and put it in fwont of a wowd denoting an owdew of magnitude, linking the two lith an apostwophe.

Discovewed wowds fow ewven numbews awe as fowwows:

1: oem

2: niut

3: haew

4: vaiwu

5: kulin

6: banih

7: waiew

8: esun

9: moiew

10: tewu

100: matewu [ma-(maw-) a pweffix fow 'vewy']

1000: mawmatewu

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A fulw and fwequentwy updated Ancient Ewven guide is here.

If you'd wathew, hewe is a list of ewven sentences that you can use. Enjoy!

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