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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'''Wanguage'''
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'''Language'''
  
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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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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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Some wowds that have been commonwy intwoduced into evewy day speech awe:
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Some words that have been commonly introduced into every day speech are:
  
  
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Kalin'aywa,
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Karin'ayla,
 
Good day
 
Good day
  
  
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Kew'aywa,  
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Ker'ayla,  
 
Good night/evening
 
Good night/evening
  
  
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Van'aywa,
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Van'ayla,
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Faweweww
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Farewell
  
  
 
Mali,
 
Mali,
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Ewf
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Elf
  
  
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Bowtu,
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Bortu,
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Dwawf
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Dwarf
  
  
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Uwuk,
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Uruk,
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Owc
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Orc
  
  
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Vawah,
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Valah,
 
Human
 
Human
  
  
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Tali'bowtu,
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Tali'bortu,
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Hawfling
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Halfling
  
  
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wliw/wliwan,
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llir/lliran,
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Fliend(s)
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Friend(s)
  
  
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wauliw,
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laurir,
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Nobre
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Noble
  
  
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Mali'ahewaw,
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Mali'aheral,
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High Ewf (litewawwy 'bressed Ewf')
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High Elf (literally 'blessed Elf')
  
  
 
Mali'ame,
 
Mali'ame,
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Wood Ewf
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Wood Elf
  
  
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Mali'kew,
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Mali'ker,
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Dawk Ewf
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Dark Elf
  
  
 
Mali'fenn,
 
Mali'fenn,
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Snow Ewf
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Snow Elf
 
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Ofcoulse thewe awe way mowe ewvish wowds and phwases too, hewe fowwows the entiwe wanguage fow those intewested:
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Ofcourse there are way more elvish words and phrases too, here follows the entire language for those interested:
  
 
==Elven Words==
 
==Elven Words==
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This incompwete list is sowted in common awphabeticaw owdew. Notations awe added whewe wequiwed.
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This incomplete list is sorted in common alphabetical order. Notations are added where required.
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Note: Onwy the stem of a vewb is wlitten in this list of wowds
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Note: Only the stem of a verb is written in this list of words
  
  
  
 
===Affixes===
 
===Affixes===
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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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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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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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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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Note: The dash indicates the wocation of the seed wowd to the affix.
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Note: The dash indicates the location of the seed word to the affix.
  
  
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ac- (aca-) Honolific fow an acculsed.
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ac- (aca-) Honorific for an accursed.
  
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ah- (ahe-): Honolific fow wevewence. Often used in fwont of names to denote sainthood.
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ah- (ahe-): Honorific for reverence. Often used in front of names to denote sainthood.
  
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aew-: Viwe, unnatulaw, beastwy.
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ael-: Vile, unnatural, beastly.
  
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-aw: -Designates the compwetion of an action
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-al: -Designates the completion of an action
  
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-an: many, fulw of -Mostwy designates pwulality
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-an: many, full of -Mostly designates plurality
  
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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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an*h- (a/o/i/e/u): To direct (up/down/left/right/rotate) (more on this in 'curious words')
  
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av-: wandeling
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av-: wandering
  
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ay: fow
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ay: for
  
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-ante (-nte): Wast
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-ante (-nte): Last
  
 
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 fow 'but...'
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-ehya: and - used at the beginning of a sentence for 'but...'
  
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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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el- (ele-): - Changes a noun into a pronoun, making it a title of someone, or possibly something.
  
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fi-: new, anew - Often used as pwefix, but not excwusivewy.
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fi-: new, anew - Often used as prefix, but not exclusively.
  
 
heya- (hey-): what, how, who
 
heya- (hey-): what, how, who
  
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iw- (iwu-): lith
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il- (ilu-): with
  
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-ii: littwe Designated the diminutive fowm. Pwulaw: iian.
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-ii: little Designated the diminutive form. Plural: iian.
  
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-iw: - Designates the pulpose of someone
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-ir: - Designates the purpose of someone
  
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iyw-: this usuawwy a pwefix, though not excwusivewy.
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iyl-: this usually a prefix, though not exclusively.
  
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iyul-: that usuawwy a pwefix, though not excwusivewy.
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iyul-: that usually a prefix, though not exclusively.
  
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-weh: -Designates affiliation
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-leh: -Designates affiliation
  
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ma- (maw-): vewy -Intensifiew. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'
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ma- (mar-): very -Intensifier. More on this in 'curious words'
  
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-n: - Sometimes put behind an adjective ow vewb to cweate a noun.
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-n: - Sometimes put behind an adjective or verb to create 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: fwom, bown, kin - Often a suffix, but not awways. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'.
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-onn: from, born, kin - Often a suffix, but not always. More on this in 'curious words'.
  
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paw- (pwa-): befowe, pwe-
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par- (pra-): before, pre-
  
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wes- (we-): waywawd, caplicious, unpwedictabre
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res- (re-): wayward, capricious, unpredictable
  
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-sae: Spweading, devewopment management. - Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'
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-sae: Spreading, development management. - More on this in 'curious words'
  
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taw- (tali-): Pawt (of) - Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'
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tal- (tali-): Part (of) - More on this in 'curious words'
  
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u-: ow - Awways a pwefix and awways used lith apostwophe
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u-: or - Always a prefix and always used with apostrophe
  
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-yem (-hyem): again -Can be used to make a 'we-' famiwy of vewbs
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-yem (-hyem): again -Can be used to make a 're-' family of verbs
  
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vul- (vule-): cwevew, intuitive, deceptive.
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vul- (vule-): clever, intuitive, deceptive.
  
 
===Seed words===
 
===Seed 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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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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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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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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hostility. The gestule was often wasted on othew waces, who considewed the gowd a tlibute.
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hostility. The gesture was often wasted on other races, who considered the gold a tribute.
  
 
acalin: shop
 
acalin: shop
  
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acawn: gowd
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acaln: gold
  
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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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(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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wowd degenewates into a gwave insult. Know that intentionaw culsing in Ewven attwacts iww-liwling aspects.
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word degenerates into a grave insult. Know that intentional cursing in Elven attracts ill-willing aspects.
  
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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)dil: needy, desiring, wanton - When one forfeits the 'a' it becomes as of a vice
  
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(a)dont: wequesting, awaiting - Without the 'a' it becomes 'demanding', -ew makes vewb as awways
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(a)dont: requesting, awaiting - Without the 'a' it becomes 'demanding', -er makes verb as always
  
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adont’ahewn: pwease - wequesting bressing
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adont’ahern: please - requesting blessing
  
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adli: eviw, immowaw, hate
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adri: evil, immoral, hate
  
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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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(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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Aengul: Aengul - wace of semi-divine beings affiliated lith light.
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Aengul: Aengul - race of semi-divine beings affiliated with light.
  
 
aetah: age
 
aetah: age
  
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aeth: aethew
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aeth: aether
  
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ahew: to bress.
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aher: to bless.
  
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ahewn: bressing.
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ahern: blessing.
  
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ahewnan: thank you - bressings
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ahernan: thank you - blessings
  
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akaw: vawuabre, gowden - wess ominous
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akal: valuable, golden - less ominous
  
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akaweh: weawth, money, vawuabres - akaweh'ii: wowth
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akaleh: wealth, money, valuables - akaleh'ii: worth
  
 
akalin: shop
 
akalin: shop
  
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akawn: gowd - wess ominous way to speak of gowd.
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akaln: gold - less ominous way to speak of gold.
  
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awlim: sin  - awlimaw: to sin; awliman: sinful
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allim: sin  - allimar: to sin; alliman: sinful
  
 
ana: to be
 
ana: to be
  
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andlia: hope
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andria: hope
  
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annyew: to dance
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annyer: to dance
  
 
Asul: sun
 
Asul: sun
  
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ata: ugwy, tainted
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ata: ugly, tainted
  
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athli: sewpent, snake
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athri: serpent, snake
  
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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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(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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usew, but wesewved fow a powewful, excwusive brand of spewwcastews.
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user, but reserved for a powerful, exclusive brand of spellcasters.
  
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awow: sawmon -awowonn/awonn: sawty
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alor: salmon -aloronn/alonn: salty
  
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ame: fowest
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ame: forest
  
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anniw: guiding -anniwew: to guide, diwect
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annil: guiding -anniler: to guide, direct
  
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ante: Wast
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ante: Last
  
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awche: infwequent, spowadic, wawe
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arche: infrequent, sporadic, rare
  
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(a)whiw: just faiw (lithout the a:) vengeful, scowned.
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(a)rhil: just fair (without the a:) vengeful, scorned.
  
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asimulum: sanctuawy, gwade, asywum, dedicated pwace (esp. one of natule)
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asimulum: sanctuary, glade, asylum, dedicated place (esp. one of nature)
  
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avew: to wandew, to woam awound aimwesswy, to be confused
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aver: to wander, to roam around aimlessly, to be confused
  
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avewn: wandewew, confused pewson
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avern: wanderer, confused person
  
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ayaw: yewwow
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ayal: yellow
  
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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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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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aywa: good
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ayla: good
  
  
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bawbu: dawk, brack, hedgehog
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barbu: dark, black, hedgehog
  
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beww: bow
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berr: bow
  
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bewou: pink
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belou: pink
  
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bewoun: pig
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beloun: pig
  
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bida: to dlink
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bida: to drink
  
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biwok: to cweate, to make
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bilok: to create, to make
  
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biwokonn: to fownicate
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bilokonn: to fornicate
  
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Bowtu: dwawf
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Bortu: dwarf
  
  
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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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(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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celia: staw
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celia: star
  
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cewu: stwong, mighty
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ceru: strong, mighty
  
 
chae: tea
 
chae: tea
  
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chiww: wowf
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chirr: wolf
  
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chiw: descend - chiw'ii: descendant(s)
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chil: descend - chil'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 sweep
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ciw: to sleep
  
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cóon: plince, weadew
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cóon: prince, leader
  
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cwua: hulting, suffeling - which makes cwuan: pain
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crua: hurting, suffering - which makes cruan: pain
  
  
  
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Daemon: Daemon - wace of semi-divines affiliated lith smoke and fiwe.
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Daemon: Daemon - race of semi-divines affiliated with smoke and fire.
  
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dagw: waw - dagwe: fight - dagwe'sae: fighting
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dagr: war - dagre: fight - dagre'sae: fighting
  
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dant: to faww, to dwop
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dant: to fall, to drop
  
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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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Diraar: Guard/Sentinel - A soldier or guard who's job is to uphold a set of laws and overwatch them.
  
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dion: wong - dionne: showt
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dion: long - dionne: short
  
 
divu: empty
 
divu: empty
  
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dwui: Dwuid
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drui: Druid
  
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dwaoi: Eviw/cowwupted dwuid. Wawwock. Sowcewew.
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draoi: Evil/corrupted druid. Warlock. Sorcerer.
  
  
  
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ehiew: to find
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ehier: to find
  
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enaew: guest
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enaer: guest
  
 
ento: next
 
ento: next
  
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ewn: to can, to be abre to
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ern: to can, to be able to
  
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estew: twust - estewwe: to twust
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estel: trust - estelle: to trust
  
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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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eth: end, to end, to die -word can be a noun, passive verb and active verb depending on usage
  
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evaw: to pwotect, pwesewve - Evali'ii: pwotectows
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evar: to protect, preserve - Evari'ii: protectors
  
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eyw: to use, appwy
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eyr: to use, apply
  
  
  
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faesu: howse
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faesu: horse
  
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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'.
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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'.
  
 
fenn: ice
 
fenn: ice
  
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feta: cowd
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feta: cold
  
 
fih: to eat, to feed
 
fih: to eat, to feed
  
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fin: wegion
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fin: region
  
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fiyem: webown, wenewed, wevitalized
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fiyem: reborn, renewed, revitalized
  
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fyu: fulw
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fyu: full
  
 
   
 
   
 
ha: it
 
ha: it
  
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hae: hew
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hae: her
  
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haewun: mothew
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haelun: mother
  
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haesiea: to fowget
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haesiea: to forget
  
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hawew: to pwomise, to pwedge
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haler: to promise, to pledge
  
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hawliew: squawe
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harriel: square
  
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heiaw: ciwcwe, counciw
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heial: circle, council
  
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hiew: neaw
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hier: near
  
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hiweia: Peace. - Has no pwulaw
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hileia: Peace. - Has no plural
  
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hiul: to tlitch, to move
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hiuw: to twitch, to move
  
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hiywu: Heawthy / spilited
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hiylu: Healthy / spirited
  
  
  
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ibaw: white, oww
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ibar: white, owl
  
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igne: fwame, fiwe - igne'sae: destwuction, waw
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igne: flame, fire - igne'sae: destruction, war
  
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iwham: industwy
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irham: industry
  
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iheiuh: lind
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iheiuh: wind
  
 
iheiuhii: voice, breath
 
iheiuhii: voice, breath
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ihn: stick
 
ihn: stick
  
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ihnsiw: speaw, wance
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ihnsil: spear, lance
  
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ikul: wwought, cowd, gway
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ikur: wrought, cold, gray
  
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ikuln: iwon
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ikurn: iron
  
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ikwu: foolish
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ikru: foolish
  
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iwwew: to give, to gwand
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iller: to give, to grand
  
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iwum: gwoling - when something onwy wefwects light. iwumw: to gwow.
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ilum: glowing - when something only reflects light. ilumr: to glow.
  
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indew: to wead, study, memolize
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inder: to read, study, memorize
  
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indow: book
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indor: book
  
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iwlin: gwass
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irrin: glass
  
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ito: to, hewe, lithin - Can awso be a suffix. Mowe on this in 'culious wowds'
+
ito: to, here, within - Can also be a suffix. More on this in 'curious words'
  
−
itone: you'we wewcome - wlitewawwy: to nothing
+
itone: you're welcome - lliterally: to nothing
  
 
iyat: thought
 
iyat: thought
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iyath: to think
 
iyath: to think
  
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iywanh: to pwace
+
iylanh: to place
  
 
   
 
   
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kae: me
 
kae: me
  
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kawem: Malin's yeaw, - Woughwy 26 Anthos yeaws, denotes the wength of a High Plince's weign.
+
kalem: Malin's year, - Roughly 26 Anthos years, denotes the length of a High Prince's reign.
  
−
kalili: Event, pawty
+
kaliri: Event, party
  
−
kalim: Fowtday, - The measule of time fwom one Dwawven sweeping cycwe to the next, woughwy 24 Anthos days.
+
karim: Fortday, - The measure of time from one Dwarven sleeping cycle to the next, roughly 24 Anthos days.
  
−
kalin(ah): sunlise, - Awso used to speak of day
+
karin(ah): sunrise, - Also used to speak of day
  
−
kathiw: foe
+
kathir: foe
  
−
kew: dawk, sunset - Awso used to speak of night
+
ker: dark, sunset - Also used to speak of night
  
−
khew: dawkness - Stlictwy a noun
+
khel: darkness - Strictly a noun
  
−
kina: muldewed, kiwwed, death, in mowtaw dangew-a noun used fow someone who is mawked fow death by someone ow something.
+
kina: murdered, killed, death, in mortal danger-a noun used for someone who is marked for death by someone or something.
  
−
kwafeh: cowpse
+
krafeh: corpse
  
−
kwey: singwe. kweyn - paiw.
+
krey: single. kreyn - pair.
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
wae: him
+
lae: him
  
−
waw: stuldy, steadfast.
+
lar: sturdy, steadfast.
  
−
wali: femawe
+
lari: female
  
−
waweh: bouldew, mountain, wock
+
lareh: boulder, mountain, rock
  
−
wawebiw: anviw
+
larebil: anvil
  
−
wawueth: nethewwack
+
larueth: netherrack
  
−
wauleh: chosen, favowed, nobre
+
laureh: chosen, favored, noble
  
−
wauliw: Nobre
+
laurir: Noble
  
−
wen: song
+
len: song
  
−
wenaewn: inn
+
lenaern: inn
  
−
wenniew: mewody
+
lenniel: melody
  
−
went: to (ovew)gwow
+
lent: to (over)grow
  
−
wenti: gwowth, moss.
+
lenti: growth, moss.
  
−
wentos: brown
+
lentos: brown
  
−
weyu: gwaceful, beautiful.
+
leyu: graceful, beautiful.
  
−
liewyn: smiwe - liewynh: to smiwe, liewyn'saew: to entewtain, to amuse; maliewynh: to waugh
+
liewyn: smile - liewynh: to smile, liewyn'saer: to entertain, to amuse; maliewynh: to laugh
  
−
wwe: kindness, good intention
+
lle: kindness, good intention
  
−
lie: dishonest, untwue, fawse, deceitful -lien: lie , lieaw: to lie; malieaw: to betway (malieiw: twaitow)
+
lie: dishonest, untrue, false, deceitful -lien: lie , liear: to lie; maliear: to betray (malieir: traitor)
  
−
wliw: fliend
+
llir: friend
  
−
lin: home, pwace -linan'sae: town
+
lin: home, place -linan'sae: town
  
−
wwum: sowwowful, moulning - wwum'saew: to sadden
+
llum: sorrowful, mourning - llum'saer: to sadden
  
−
wwun: sowwy
+
llun: sorry
  
−
wwyt: aggwessive, intimidating, -wwyth: to stlike
+
llyt: aggressive, intimidating, -llyth: to strike
  
−
wom: to fwagment, to splintew
+
lom: to fragment, to splinter
  
−
womi: fwagment, splintew, pebbre
+
lomi: fragment, splinter, pebble
  
−
womaw: flint
+
lomal: flint
  
−
wuci: gwape - wucionn: soul
+
luci: grape - lucionn: sour
  
−
wuew: to implison, to cage  
+
luer: to imprison, to cage  
  
−
wuewwent: fwowewpot
+
luerlent: flowerpot
  
−
wuth: enchant - wuthien: enchanting  
+
luth: enchant - luthien: enchanting  
  
−
wye: we - Used to speak of ewves, a peopwe, ow even the wowwd as a whowe. Often misused.
+
lye: we - Used to speak of elves, a people, or even the world as a whole. Often misused.
  
−
wyu: siwent - weads to the wowds wyun: siwence; wyuew: to siwence and wyu'saew: to censow
+
lyu: silent - leads to the words lyun: silence; lyuer: to silence and lyu'saer: to censor
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
mabidaw: to suck
+
mabidar: to suck
  
−
maehw: lisdom, knowwedge
+
maehr: wisdom, knowledge
  
−
maewu: to know
+
maelu: to know
  
−
magawa: cave/cavewn
+
magara: cave/cavern
  
−
mahnih: waww
+
mahnih: wall
  
−
maw: mawe
+
mal: male
  
−
Mali: ewf/ewven - Wowd is both singulaw and pwulaw, noun and adjective.
+
Mali: elf/elven - Word is both singular and plural, noun and adjective.
  
−
Malin: Fathew of Ewves - Witewaw twanswation is "King"
+
Malin: Father of Elves - Literal translation is "King"
  
−
mawn: fathew
+
maln: father
  
−
mawn: mowe
+
marn: more
  
−
mawenne: wess
+
marenne: less
  
−
masuleh: anviw
+
masuleh: anvil
  
−
medi: hewping, hewpful
+
medi: helping, helpful
  
−
metta: biwd
+
metta: bird
  
−
mewacahe: bawance
+
meracahe: balance
  
−
miaw: wava miaw'sae: gliefing, hawming, spiting
+
miar: lava miar'sae: griefing, harming, spiting
  
−
miwa: wawm
+
mira: warm
  
−
miwuew: wed
+
miruel: red
  
−
mowdu: titan
+
mordu: titan
  
−
myumiew: to cawwy, to bring
+
myumier: to carry, to bring
  
 
   
 
   
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nae: you
 
nae: you
  
−
naeli: devout one, cwelic
+
naeri: devout one, cleric
  
−
nawn: to wawk, twavew thwough
+
narn: to walk, travel through
  
−
neawu: to teach
+
nealu: to teach
  
−
now: wand - now'sae: fawming
+
nor: land - nor'sae: farming
  
 
   
 
   
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o: why
 
o: why
  
−
ohn: like (simiwaw to) - Eithew a pwefix ow stand-awone
+
ohn: like (similar to) - Either a prefix or stand-alone
  
 
oment: to meet
 
oment: to meet
  
−
okaw: to safeguawd
+
okar: to safeguard
  
−
okawn: oasis
+
okarn: oasis
  
−
owwaw: to hunt
+
orrar: to hunt
  
−
othewu: shawp
+
othelu: sharp
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
palio: to faiw
+
pario: to fail
  
−
paliw: hawbingew
+
parir: harbinger
  
−
pewn: potato
+
pern: potato
  
−
pawsaew: to conceive, to kindwe. "to have an idea".  
+
parsaer: to conceive, to kindle. "to have an idea".  
  
−
pelith: to wemembew
+
perith: to remember
  
−
pwenu: take
+
prenu: take
  
−
puew: to wlite, to dwaw, to sclibbre.
+
puer: to write, to draw, to scribble.
  
−
puelith: to wlite down (of books), to memolize. to wecowd (mowe fowmaw than 'puew')
+
puerith: to write down (of books), to memorize. to record (more formal than 'puer')
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
liv: cwaw
+
riv: claw
  
−
liuln: swamp
+
riurn: swamp
  
−
waeww: cawwot, woot, hewb. (wefews to subtewwanean pawts of pwants possessing healing ow noulishing pwopewties)
+
raell: carrot, root, herb. (refers to subterranean parts of plants possessing healing or nourishing properties)
  
−
wost: wain
+
rost: rain
  
  
−
san: wowd, news - sanew: to speak
+
san: word, news - saner: to speak
  
−
saneyw: to debate, discuss. - saneyiw: debatew, pubric speakew, owatow.
+
saneyr: to debate, discuss. - saneyir: debater, public speaker, orator.
  
−
sawum: to feew, to sense
+
salum: to feel, to sense
  
 
seth: void
 
seth: void
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sew: soup, stew
 
sew: soup, stew
  
−
siimah: towew
+
siimah: tower
  
−
siw: swowd
+
sil: sword
  
−
siow: wone, wonewy
+
siol: lone, lonely
  
−
siwame: Honow; connection to the fowest. - Has no pwulaw
+
sirame: Honor; connection to the forest. - Has no plural
  
−
siwu: mushwoom -siwuonn: bittew
+
siru: mushroom -siruonn: bitter
  
−
siyuew: to pway
+
siyuer: to play
  
−
sohae: devout one, cwelic - In a militant ow executive sense. sohaew: wulew (thwough teachings, mowe positive than uthiw.)
+
sohae: devout one, cleric - In a militant or executive sense. sohaer: ruler (through teachings, more positive than uthir.)
  
−
suika: sugaw -
+
suika: sugar -
  
−
sul: light - stlictwy a noun.
+
sul: light - strictly a noun.
  
−
suliew: to see
+
sulier: to see
  
 
sulii: eye
 
sulii: eye
  
−
suliwlin: gwowstone
+
sulirrin: glowstone
  
−
synawli: powewful
+
synalli: powerful
  
  
  
−
taeweh: mind
+
taeleh: mind
  
−
taewu: to weawn
+
taelu: to learn
  
−
tahowwan: hawk (pwulaw: tahowwanii)
+
tahorran: hawk (plural: tahorranii)
  
 
tahu: high
 
tahu: high
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tahn: peak, height
 
tahn: peak, height
  
−
tawaw: holizon - considewed a pwace between the heavens and eawth;
+
talar: horizon - considered a place between the heavens and earth;
  
−
tawaweh: stone - evowved fwom the wowds tali and waweh.
+
talareh: stone - evolved from the words tali and lareh.
  
−
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
+
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
  
−
taliiyh: to breed
+
taliiyh: to bleed
  
−
taliyu: secwet
+
taliyu: secret
  
−
Tawonnii: famiwy, brood(line) - awways capped
+
Talonnii: family, blood(line) - always capped
  
−
tawem: Ewven week -Equivawent to 7 'kalim'
+
tarem: Elven week -Equivalent to 7 'karim'
  
−
tayna: life, enewgy of living
+
tayna: life, energy of living
  
−
taynei: gween
+
taynei: green
  
−
taynuew: vitality, enewgetic, alive (noun ow advewb dependent on positioning)
+
taynuel: vitality, energetic, alive (noun or adverb dependent on positioning)
  
−
tenna: untiw
+
tenna: until
  
−
tennawwaw: ocean
+
tennallar: ocean
  
−
tewh: to glind, pwocess, chuln - wehn'tehwaw: bread; vawein'tehwaw: cheese; waeww'tehwaw: sawve, potion), wuci'tewhaw: line
+
terh: to grind, process, churn - wehn'tehral: bread; valein'tehral: cheese; raell'tehral: salve, potion), luci'terhal: wine
  
−
tiwwun: fowgive
+
tillun: forgive
  
−
tinuview: nightingawe
+
tinuviel: nightingale
  
−
tiw'id: lisk, dangew
+
tir'id: risk, danger
  
−
tiuth: tliangwe - the tliangulaw shape is found as a symbow fow oppwession, unlike the ciwcwe, which is used to desclibe (just) counciws; - taliuth: oppwessow
+
tiuth: triangle - the triangular shape is found as a symbol for oppression, unlike the circle, which is used to describe (just) councils; - taliuth: oppressor
  
−
thwuew: to expwode
+
thruer: to explode
  
−
thwul: expwosive, vowatiwe
+
thrur: explosive, volatile
  
−
thwuln: expwosive, dynamite
+
thrurn: explosive, dynamite
  
−
thiww: pule, wefined, delicate
+
thill: pure, refined, delicate
  
−
thiwwn: siwvew
+
thilln: silver
  
−
thul: waw, unwefined, brusque
+
thul: raw, unrefined, brusque
  
−
thulith: metaw
+
thulith: metal
  
−
thuln: owe, waw mateliaw
+
thuln: ore, raw material
  
 
ti: yes
 
ti: yes
  
−
tiwwu: sewving, submissive
+
tilru: serving, submissive
  
−
tiw: waw
+
tir: law
  
−
tos: desewt, wastewand, bawwen gwound - tos'sae: wazing
+
tos: desert, wasteland, barren ground - tos'sae: razing
  
−
tufew: to constwuct, to pwop
+
tufer: to construct, to prop
  
−
tul: bone
+
tur: bone
  
−
tulw: sheep
+
turr: sheep
  
−
tuva: evewything, aww
+
tuva: everything, all
  
−
tuveh: woow, something soft
+
tuveh: wool, something soft
  
  
  
−
ueth: nethew
+
ueth: nether
  
−
uhiew: to seek
+
uhier: to seek
  
−
ulwn: wot, litheling - stlictwy a noun.
+
ulln: rot, withering - strictly a noun.
  
−
ulww: wot, decay, lithew - Often of dead fwowa.
+
ullr: rot, decay, wither - Often of dead flora.
  
−
ulwwaw: monstew, undead -lit: decayed. Used fow living beings that have sevewed themsewves fwom the natulaw way.
+
ullral: monster, undead -lit: decayed. Used for living beings that have severed themselves from the natural way.
  
 
unya: then
 
unya: then
  
−
uladh: to scoww. - uladiw: naysayew
+
uradh: to scowl. - uradir: naysayer
  
−
uliaw: to shout
+
uriar: to shout
  
−
ulth: to wule - negative connotation to this wowd. ulthiw: wulew; mawuthiw: tywant
+
urth: to rule - negative connotation to this word. urthir: ruler; maruthir: tyrant
  
−
Uwuk: Owc
+
Uruk: Orc
  
 
ut: because
 
ut: because
  
−
uvul: powdew
+
uvul: powder
  
 
   
 
   
  
−
vaedwaw: to mewt
+
vaedrar: to melt
  
−
Vawah: human
+
Valah: human
  
−
vawwei: watew
+
vallei: water
  
−
vawein: miwk
+
valein: milk
  
−
vawwew: brue
+
vallel: blue
  
−
vawwum: cwying, gliefin
+
vallum: crying, griefin
  
−
vawmiw: awtist - fwom pulpwe, the cowow of awt.
+
valmir: artist - from purple, the color of art.
  
−
vawmuew: pulpwe
+
valmuel: purple
  
−
van: to fawe
+
van: to fare
  
−
Vewulaei: moon - Named aftew the moon goddess wowshiped by the dawk ewves.
+
Velulaei: moon - Named after the moon goddess worshiped by the dark elves.
  
−
vihai: whispew
+
vihai: whisper
  
−
viwut: cow
+
vilut: cow
  
−
viwa: vigiwant, moulnful - Twaditionawwy used fow attending the wake of vigiw fow a deceased Ewf.
+
vira: vigilant, mournful - Traditionally used for attending the wake of vigil for a deceased Elf.
  
−
vulawawe: bat
+
vularale: bat
  
−
vulw: to deceive, to tlick
+
vull: to deceive, to trick
  
 
vuln: fox
 
vuln: fox
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−
waweh: to heaw
+
waleh: to heal
  
−
wehn:  gwass, gwain.
+
wehn:  grass, grain.
  
−
weliew: to listen, to heaw - weweliew: to wepeat, to echo
+
welier: to listen, to hear - rewelier: to repeat, 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)
+
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)
  
−
wyw: whiwe
+
wyl: while
  
 
wyn: happy
 
wyn: happy
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y: upon
 
y: upon
  
−
yawww: to live.
+
yallr: to live.
  
−
yuln: gemstone - Used as the seed fow many wowds, incwuding maweyuln: diamond
+
yuln: gemstone - Used as the seed for many words, including maleyuln: diamond
  
 
===Curious words===
 
===Curious words===
  
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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  
+
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  
 
them.
 
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.
+
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.
  
 
ito:
 
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.
+
This particle is a means to denote location. However, it has many different meanings, depending on its location and accompanying words in a sentence.
  
−
The simpwest case:
+
The simplest case:
−
ito nawne: I/he wawk(s) hewe / I/he wawk(s) lithin.
+
ito narne: I/he walk(s) here / I/he walk(s) within.
  
−
No ambiguity alises hewe. Howevew, when we add a noun to this:
+
No ambiguity arises here. However, when we add a noun to this:
  
−
ame ito nawne: The fowests wawks hewe
+
ame ito narne: The forests walks here
  
−
ito ame nawne: I/he wawk(s) to the fowest.
+
ito ame narne: I/he walk(s) to the forest.
  
−
ame'ito nawne: I/He wawk(s) lithin the fowest
+
ame'ito narne: I/He walk(s) within the forest
  
  
−
ameto'eyha nawne: And I/he wawk(s) lithin the fowest
+
ameto'eyha narne: And I/he walk(s) within the forest
  
−
ame'eyha ito nawne: And the fowest wawks hewe.
+
ame'eyha ito narne: And the forest walks here.
  
−
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'.
+
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'.
  
−
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.
+
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.
  
  
  
−
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.
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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.
  
  
 
tali-:
 
tali-:
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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:
+
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:
  
−
talibowtu: Pawt dwawf -> Hawfling
+
talibortu: Part dwarf -> Halfling
  
−
talivawah: Pawt human -> Hawfling
+
talivalah: Part human -> Halfling
  
−
taw'uluk: Pawt Owc -> Gobrin.
+
tal'uruk: Part Orc -> Goblin.
  
−
Howevew, sometimes ambiguity can abound fwom this wowd. Fow exampwe:
+
However, sometimes ambiguity can abound from this word. For example:
  
−
taliame: Twee
+
taliame: Tree
  
−
taw'ame: Pawt of the fowest.
+
tal'ame: Part of the forest.
  
−
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.
+
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.
  
  
  
 
-sae:
 
-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:
+
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:
  
−
now'sae: devewopment of wand -> fawming
+
nor'sae: development of land -> farming
  
−
tos'sae: spweading of desewt -> piwwaging
+
tos'sae: spreading of desert -> pillaging
  
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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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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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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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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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ma-:
 
ma-:
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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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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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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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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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Instead, the second tali is implied by the use of the intesifiew. Thus:
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Instead, the second tali is implied by the use of the intesifier. Thus:
  
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mataliame: Wog
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mataliame: Log
  
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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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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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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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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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-onn:
 
-onn:
  
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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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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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An exampwe:
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An example:
  
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ame'onn: Bown of the Fowest, fwom the fowest.
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ame'onn: Born of the Forest, from the forest.
  
 
amonn: wood
 
amonn: wood
  
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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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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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few:
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fer:
  
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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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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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few'ame: Axe
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fer'ame: Axe
  
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few'thuln: Pickaxe
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fer'thuln: Pickaxe
  
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few'now: shovew
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fer'nor: shovel
  
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few'sul: towch
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fer'sul: torch
  
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few'biwok: hammew
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fer'bilok: hammer
  
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few'nowsae: hoe
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fer'norsae: hoe
  
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few'puew: quiww. Pen. A toow fow wliting.
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fer'puer: quill. Pen. A tool for writing.
  
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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.
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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.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
an*h- (a/o/i/e/u):
 
an*h- (a/o/i/e/u):
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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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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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Ewan*h [a/o/i/e]: Nowth, South, East and West wespectivewy.
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Elan*h [a/o/i/e]: North, South, East and West respectively.
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anh'sae: expanding, stwetching - wepwacing the apostwophe lith a vowew specifies in which diwection.
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anh'sae: expanding, stretching - replacing the apostrophe with a vowel specifies in which direction.
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an*h iw'an*h: - wefews to a diagonaw path, defined by the vowew used.
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an*h il'an*h: - refers to a diagonal path, defined by the vowel used.
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EWVEN GWAMMAW
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ELVEN GRAMMAR
  
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Sentence Owdew: The common owdew of ewvish sentences is Subject-object-vewb.
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Sentence Order: The common order of elvish sentences is Subject-object-verb.
  
  
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Pwulaw nouns: indicated by the suffix -an.
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Plural nouns: indicated by the suffix -an.
  
  
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The apostwophe: Used in cewtain cases and possibry dictates a cewtain pwonunciation.
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The apostrophe: Used in certain cases and possibly dictates a certain pronunciation.
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Culwent known uses awe:
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Current known uses are:
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Denoting cewtain honolifics (such as sainted)
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Denoting certain honorifics (such as sainted)
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Between a modifiew and a vewb
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Between a modifier and a verb
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Between a wowd and its suffixes (mowe on this bewow).
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Between a word and its suffixes (more on this below).
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With the wowd 'eyha' (and) to connect sentences and and in tewms of a list.
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With the word 'eyha' (and) to connect sentences and and in terms of a list.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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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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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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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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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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Suffixes often get added lith an apostwophe between it and the wowd.
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Suffixes often get added with an apostrophe between it and the word.
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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 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 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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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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Wecombination of wowds:
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Recombination of words:
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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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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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Exampwes of this awe:
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Examples of this are:
  
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nawn'vawwei: twavew'watew -> slim
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narn'vallei: travel'water -> swim
  
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nawn'acaewe: twavew'sky -> fwy
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narn'acaele: travel'sky -> fly
  
  
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paw'kalinah: Befowe the sunlise -> Dawn
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par'karinah: Before the sunrise -> Dawn
  
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paw'kew: Befowe the sunset -> Dusk.
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par'ker: Before the sunset -> Dusk.
  
  
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uvul'igne: Fiwepowdew -> Ash
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uvul'igne: Firepowder -> Ash
  
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uvul'thwuln: Expwosive powdew -> Gunpowdew
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uvul'thrurn: Explosive powder -> Gunpowder
  
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We awso see this occuling a wot when the wowd tali is invowved.
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We also see this occuring a lot when the word tali is involved.
  
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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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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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Affiliation: The suffix 'weh (note the apostwophe) designates affiliation, the possession of the object by the subject.
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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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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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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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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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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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Known infwections of the ewven vewbs:
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Known inflections of the elven verbs:
  
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In this section, the dash indicates the stem of the wowd.
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In this section, the dash indicates the stem of the word.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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*-e: Fiwst pewson singulaw
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*-e: First person singular
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*-a: Second pewson singulaw
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*-a: Second person singular
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*-e: Thiwd pewson singulaw
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*-e: Third person singular
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*-ae: Fiwst pewson pwulaw
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*-ae: First person plural
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*-an: second pewson pwulaw
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*-an: second person plural
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*-eyae: Thiwd pewson pwulaw
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*-eyae: Third person plural
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*-eh: Optative singulaw
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*-eh: Optative singular
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*-elih: Optative pwulaw
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*-erih: Optative plural
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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 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 stem of a vewb functions as a singulaw impewative.
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The stem of a verb functions as a singular imperative.
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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 stem of a verb used as a suffix to a noun (apostrophe where required) is a modifier
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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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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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Pwonouns as a subject:
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Pronouns as a subject:
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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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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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ame ignewe: The fowest bulns.
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ame ignere: The forest burns.
  
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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:
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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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kae ame ignewe: I buln the fowest.
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kae ame ignere: I burn the forest.
  
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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".)
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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".)
  
 
Infinitive:
 
Infinitive:
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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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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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By Exampwe:
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By Example:
  
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ito ame ewn'onawna: You can twavew to the woods
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ito ame ern'onarna: You can travel to the woods
  
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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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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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ito ame onawn: to twavew to the woods.
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ito ame onarn: to travel to the woods.
  
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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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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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Past and futule tense:
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Past and future tense:
  
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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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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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Fow a past ow futule tense, we add one of these foul wowds at the vewy end of a sentence:
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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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kalin'ento: next sunlise
+
karin'ento: next sunrise
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kalin'ante: wast sunlise
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karin'ante: last sunrise
−
kew'ento: next sunset
+
ker'ento: next sunset
−
kew'ante: wast sunset
+
ker'ante: last sunset
  
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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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Though elves have taken to shortening this to karinto, karinte, kento and kente in more casual speech.
  
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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 night, we use ker'ante for past, and karin'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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If it is day, we use karin'ante for past, and ker'ento for future tense.
  
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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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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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The vewbs 'to be' and 'to have'
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The verbs 'to be' and 'to have'
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Befowe weading this, you might find it beneficiaw to have wead about the wowd 'ito' in the 'CUWIOUS WOWDS' section.
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Before reading this, you might find it beneficial to have read about the word 'ito' in the 'CURIOUS WORDS' section.
  
 
Note that:
 
Note that:
 
ito kae: To him / on him
 
ito kae: To him / on him
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ito kae'weh: To his spilit / on his spilit ('spilit' being implied)
+
ito kae'leh: To his spirit / on his spirit ('spirit' being implied)
  
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Now, should we pwace a noun in fwont of this:
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Now, should we place a noun in front of this:
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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: An elf to him. -In elvish, this is the equivalent of 'He has an elf'.
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mali ito kae'weh: An ewf to his spilit. The equivawent of 'He is 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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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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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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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.
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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.
  
 
===Capitalization===
 
===Capitalization===
  
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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:
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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:
 
   
 
   
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Names (of pewsons, pwaces, titwes)
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Names (of persons, places, titles)
−
Waces (Mali, Vawah, etc.)
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Races (Mali, Valah, etc.)
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Objects of wowship (Usul, Vewulaei), even when the wowd's not used to denote the divine being tied to the object
+
Objects of worship (Usul, Velulaei), even when the word's not used to denote the divine being tied to the object
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When denoting aspects of natule (such as Vuln being the aspect fox.)
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When denoting aspects of nature (such as Vuln being the aspect fox.)
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Wowds of significant concepts awe sometimes capitalized, such as 'wye', 'tawaw', 'acaewe' and 'tuva'
+
Words of significant concepts are sometimes capitalized, such as 'lye', 'talar', 'acaele' and 'tuva'
  
 
===Elven Family Words===
 
===Elven Family Words===
 
   
 
   
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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.
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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.
 
   
 
   
−
Common wowds to denote famiwy wewations awe:
+
Common words to denote family relations are:
 
   
 
   
−
haewun: mothew
+
haelun: mother
  
−
mawn: fathew
+
maln: father
  
−
maw’haewun: gwandmothew
+
mar’haelun: grandmother
  
−
maw’mawn: gwandfathew
+
mar’maln: grandfather
  
−
malii’maw: son (ewven son, fow othew waces use that woot)
+
malii’mal: son (elven son, for other races use that root)
  
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malii’wali: daughtew (ewven daughtew, fow othew waces use that woot)
+
malii’lari: daughter (elven daughter, for other races use that root)
  
−
maw’onn: brothew
+
mal’onn: brother
  
−
wali’onn: sistew
+
lari’onn: sister
  
−
mawmaw’onn: uncwe
+
marmal’onn: uncle
  
−
mawwali’onn: aunt
+
marlari’onn: aunt
  
−
malii’mawonn: nephew
+
malii’malonn: nephew
  
−
malii’walionn: niece
+
malii’larionn: niece
  
−
maw’mawonn: cousin (mawe)
+
mal’maronn: cousin (male)
  
−
wali’mawonn: cousin (femawe)
+
lari’maronn: cousin (female)
  
 
===Elven Counting===
 
===Elven Counting===
  
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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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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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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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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.
  
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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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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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Discovewed wowds fow ewven numbews awe as fowwows:
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Discovered words for elven numbers are as follows:
  
 
1: oem
 
1: oem
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2: niut
 
2: niut
  
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3: haew
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3: hael
  
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4: vaiwu
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4: vailu
  
 
5: kulin
 
5: kulin
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6: banih
 
6: banih
  
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7: waiew
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7: laier
  
 
8: esun
 
8: esun
  
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


Language

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 (').

Some words that have been commonly introduced into every day speech are:


Karin'ayla, Good day


Ker'ayla, Good night/evening


Van'ayla, Farewell


Mali, Elf


Bortu, Dwarf


Uruk, Orc


Valah, Human


Tali'bortu, Halfling


llir/lliran, Friend(s)


laurir, Noble


Mali'aheral, High Elf (literally 'blessed Elf')


Mali'ame, Wood Elf


Mali'ker, Dark Elf


Mali'fenn, Snow Elf

Ofcourse there are way more elvish words and phrases too, here follows the entire language for those interested:

Elven Words

This incomplete list is sorted in common alphabetical order. Notations are added where required. Note: Only the stem of a verb is written in this list of words


Affixes

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. 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.

Note: The dash indicates the location of the seed word to the affix.


ac- (aca-) Honorific for an accursed.

ah- (ahe-): Honorific for reverence. Often used in front of names to denote sainthood.

ael-: Vile, unnatural, beastly.

-al: -Designates the completion of an action

-an: many, full of -Mostly designates plurality

an*h- (a/o/i/e/u): To direct (up/down/left/right/rotate) (more on this in 'curious words')

av-: wandering

ay: for

-ante (-nte): Last

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

-ento (-nto): next

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

el- (ele-): - Changes a noun into a pronoun, making it a title of someone, or possibly something.

fi-: new, anew - Often used as prefix, but not exclusively.

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

il- (ilu-): with

-ii: little Designated the diminutive form. Plural: iian.

-ir: - Designates the purpose of someone

iyl-: this usually a prefix, though not exclusively.

iyul-: that usually a prefix, though not exclusively.

-leh: -Designates affiliation

ma- (mar-): very -Intensifier. More on this in 'curious words'

-n: - Sometimes put behind an adjective or verb to create a noun.

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

-onn: from, born, kin - Often a suffix, but not always. More on this in 'curious words'.

par- (pra-): before, pre-

res- (re-): wayward, capricious, unpredictable

-sae: Spreading, development management. - More on this in 'curious words'

tal- (tali-): Part (of) - More on this in 'curious words'

u-: or - Always a prefix and always used with apostrophe

-yem (-hyem): again -Can be used to make a 're-' family of verbs

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

Seed words

These words make up the brunt of the Elven language, and may be modified by various affixes to create new words.

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

hostility. The gesture was often wasted on other races, who considered the gold a tribute.

acalin: shop

acaln: gold

(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 word degenerates into a grave insult. Know that intentional cursing in Elven attracts ill-willing aspects.

(a)dil: needy, desiring, wanton - When one forfeits the 'a' it becomes as of a vice

(a)dont: requesting, awaiting - Without the 'a' it becomes 'demanding', -er makes verb as always

adont’ahern: please - requesting blessing

adri: evil, immoral, hate

(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.

Aengul: Aengul - race of semi-divine beings affiliated with light.

aetah: age

aeth: aether

aher: to bless.

ahern: blessing.

ahernan: thank you - blessings

akal: valuable, golden - less ominous

akaleh: wealth, money, valuables - akaleh'ii: worth

akalin: shop

akaln: gold - less ominous way to speak of gold.

allim: sin - allimar: to sin; alliman: sinful

ana: to be

andria: hope

annyer: to dance

Asul: sun

ata: ugly, tainted

athri: serpent, snake

(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 user, but reserved for a powerful, exclusive brand of spellcasters.

alor: salmon -aloronn/alonn: salty

ame: forest

annil: guiding -anniler: to guide, direct

ante: Last

arche: infrequent, sporadic, rare

(a)rhil: just fair (without the a:) vengeful, scorned.

asimulum: sanctuary, glade, asylum, dedicated place (esp. one of nature)

aver: to wander, to roam around aimlessly, to be confused

avern: wanderer, confused person

ayal: yellow

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.

ayla: good


barbu: dark, black, hedgehog

berr: bow

belou: pink

beloun: pig

bida: to drink

bilok: to create, to make

bilokonn: to fornicate

Bortu: dwarf


(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.

celia: star

ceru: strong, mighty

chae: tea

chirr: wolf

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

chul: to must

cihi: city

cinh: to stop, to cease

ciw: to sleep

cóon: prince, leader

crua: hurting, suffering - which makes cruan: pain


Daemon: Daemon - race of semi-divines affiliated with smoke and fire.

dagr: war - dagre: fight - dagre'sae: fighting

dant: to fall, to drop

Diraar: Guard/Sentinel - A soldier or guard who's job is to uphold a set of laws and overwatch them.

dion: long - dionne: short

divu: empty

drui: Druid

draoi: Evil/corrupted druid. Warlock. Sorcerer.


ehier: to find

enaer: guest

ento: next

ern: to can, to be able to

estel: trust - estelle: to trust

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

evar: to protect, preserve - Evari'ii: protectors

eyr: to use, apply


faesu: horse

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'.

fenn: ice

feta: cold

fih: to eat, to feed

fin: region

fiyem: reborn, renewed, revitalized

fyu: full


ha: it

hae: her

haelun: mother

haesiea: to forget

haler: to promise, to pledge

harriel: square

heial: circle, council

hier: near

hileia: Peace. - Has no plural

hiuw: to twitch, to move

hiylu: Healthy / spirited


ibar: white, owl

igne: flame, fire - igne'sae: destruction, war

irham: industry

iheiuh: wind

iheiuhii: voice, breath

ihn: stick

ihnsil: spear, lance

ikur: wrought, cold, gray

ikurn: iron

ikru: foolish

iller: to give, to grand

ilum: glowing - when something only reflects light. ilumr: to glow.

inder: to read, study, memorize

indor: book

irrin: glass

ito: to, here, within - Can also be a suffix. More on this in 'curious words'

itone: you're welcome - lliterally: to nothing

iyat: thought

iyath: to think

iylanh: to place


kae: me

kalem: Malin's year, - Roughly 26 Anthos years, denotes the length of a High Prince's reign.

kaliri: Event, party

karim: Fortday, - The measure of time from one Dwarven sleeping cycle to the next, roughly 24 Anthos days.

karin(ah): sunrise, - Also used to speak of day

kathir: foe

ker: dark, sunset - Also used to speak of night

khel: darkness - Strictly a noun

kina: murdered, killed, death, in mortal danger-a noun used for someone who is marked for death by someone or something.

krafeh: corpse

krey: single. kreyn - pair.


lae: him

lar: sturdy, steadfast.

lari: female

lareh: boulder, mountain, rock

larebil: anvil

larueth: netherrack

laureh: chosen, favored, noble

laurir: Noble

len: song

lenaern: inn

lenniel: melody

lent: to (over)grow

lenti: growth, moss.

lentos: brown

leyu: graceful, beautiful.

liewyn: smile - liewynh: to smile, liewyn'saer: to entertain, to amuse; maliewynh: to laugh

lle: kindness, good intention

lie: dishonest, untrue, false, deceitful -lien: lie , liear: to lie; maliear: to betray (malieir: traitor)

llir: friend

lin: home, place -linan'sae: town

llum: sorrowful, mourning - llum'saer: to sadden

llun: sorry

llyt: aggressive, intimidating, -llyth: to strike

lom: to fragment, to splinter

lomi: fragment, splinter, pebble

lomal: flint

luci: grape - lucionn: sour

luer: to imprison, to cage

luerlent: flowerpot

luth: enchant - luthien: enchanting

lye: we - Used to speak of elves, a people, or even the world as a whole. Often misused.

lyu: silent - leads to the words lyun: silence; lyuer: to silence and lyu'saer: to censor


mabidar: to suck

maehr: wisdom, knowledge

maelu: to know

magara: cave/cavern

mahnih: wall

mal: male

Mali: elf/elven - Word is both singular and plural, noun and adjective.

Malin: Father of Elves - Literal translation is "King"

maln: father

marn: more

marenne: less

masuleh: anvil

medi: helping, helpful

metta: bird

meracahe: balance

miar: lava miar'sae: griefing, harming, spiting

mira: warm

miruel: red

mordu: titan

myumier: to carry, to bring


na: to

nam: if

ne: no

nae: you

naeri: devout one, cleric

narn: to walk, travel through

nealu: to teach

nor: land - nor'sae: farming


o: why

ohn: like (similar to) - Either a prefix or stand-alone

oment: to meet

okar: to safeguard

okarn: oasis

orrar: to hunt

othelu: sharp


pario: to fail

parir: harbinger

pern: potato

parsaer: to conceive, to kindle. "to have an idea".

perith: to remember

prenu: take

puer: to write, to draw, to scribble.

puerith: to write down (of books), to memorize. to record (more formal than 'puer')


riv: claw

riurn: swamp

raell: carrot, root, herb. (refers to subterranean parts of plants possessing healing or nourishing properties)

rost: rain


san: word, news - saner: to speak

saneyr: to debate, discuss. - saneyir: debater, public speaker, orator.

salum: to feel, to sense

seth: void

sew: soup, stew

siimah: tower

sil: sword

siol: lone, lonely

sirame: Honor; connection to the forest. - Has no plural

siru: mushroom -siruonn: bitter

siyuer: to play

sohae: devout one, cleric - In a militant or executive sense. sohaer: ruler (through teachings, more positive than uthir.)

suika: sugar -

sul: light - strictly a noun.

sulier: to see

sulii: eye

sulirrin: glowstone

synalli: powerful


taeleh: mind

taelu: to learn

tahorran: hawk (plural: tahorranii)

tahu: high

tahn: peak, height

talar: horizon - considered a place between the heavens and earth;

talareh: stone - evolved from the words tali and lareh.

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

taliiyh: to bleed

taliyu: secret

Talonnii: family, blood(line) - always capped

tarem: Elven week -Equivalent to 7 'karim'

tayna: life, energy of living

taynei: green

taynuel: vitality, energetic, alive (noun or adverb dependent on positioning)

tenna: until

tennallar: ocean

terh: to grind, process, churn - wehn'tehral: bread; valein'tehral: cheese; raell'tehral: salve, potion), luci'terhal: wine

tillun: forgive

tinuviel: nightingale

tir'id: risk, danger

tiuth: triangle - the triangular shape is found as a symbol for oppression, unlike the circle, which is used to describe (just) councils; - taliuth: oppressor

thruer: to explode

thrur: explosive, volatile

thrurn: explosive, dynamite

thill: pure, refined, delicate

thilln: silver

thul: raw, unrefined, brusque

thulith: metal

thuln: ore, raw material

ti: yes

tilru: serving, submissive

tir: law

tos: desert, wasteland, barren ground - tos'sae: razing

tufer: to construct, to prop

tur: bone

turr: sheep

tuva: everything, all

tuveh: wool, something soft


ueth: nether

uhier: to seek

ulln: rot, withering - strictly a noun.

ullr: rot, decay, wither - Often of dead flora.

ullral: monster, undead -lit: decayed. Used for living beings that have severed themselves from the natural way.

unya: then

uradh: to scowl. - uradir: naysayer

uriar: to shout

urth: to rule - negative connotation to this word. urthir: ruler; maruthir: tyrant

Uruk: Orc

ut: because

uvul: powder


vaedrar: to melt

Valah: human

vallei: water

valein: milk

vallel: blue

vallum: crying, griefin

valmir: artist - from purple, the color of art.

valmuel: purple

van: to fare

Velulaei: moon - Named after the moon goddess worshiped by the dark elves.

vihai: whisper

vilut: cow

vira: vigilant, mournful - Traditionally used for attending the wake of vigil for a deceased Elf.

vularale: bat

vull: to deceive, to trick

vuln: fox


waleh: to heal

wehn: grass, grain.

welier: to listen, to hear - rewelier: to repeat, 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)

wyl: while

wyn: happy

y: upon

yallr: to live.

yuln: gemstone - Used as the seed for many words, including maleyuln: diamond

Curious words

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 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.

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.

The simplest case: ito narne: I/he walk(s) here / I/he walk(s) within.

No ambiguity arises here. However, when we add a noun to this:

ame ito narne: The forests walks here

ito ame narne: I/he walk(s) to the forest.

ame'ito narne: I/He walk(s) within the forest


ameto'eyha narne: And I/he walk(s) within the forest

ame'eyha ito narne: And the forest walks here.

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'.

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.


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.


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:

talibortu: Part dwarf -> Halfling

talivalah: Part human -> Halfling

tal'uruk: Part Orc -> Goblin.

However, sometimes ambiguity can abound from this word. For example:

taliame: Tree

tal'ame: Part of the forest.

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.


-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:

nor'sae: development of land -> farming

tos'sae: spreading of desert -> pillaging

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'.

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.



ma-: 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.

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.

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

mataliame: Log

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.

Interestingly enough, ma- is one of the rare affixes that does stack on certain occasions, as seen in the word marmatelu.



-onn:

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.

An example:

ame'onn: Born of the Forest, from the forest.

amonn: wood

The suffix will create a myriad of new words for the advanced speaker. Study of its usage will surely be beneficial.


fer:

grammatically, nothing is strange about this word. However, its uses in combinations are so numerous that a separate section may be devoted to it.

fer'ame: Axe

fer'thuln: Pickaxe

fer'nor: shovel

fer'sul: torch

fer'bilok: hammer

fer'norsae: hoe

fer'puer: quill. Pen. A tool for writing.

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.


an*h- (a/o/i/e/u): 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.

Elan*h [a/o/i/e]: North, South, East and West respectively. anh'sae: expanding, stretching - replacing the apostrophe with a vowel specifies in which direction. an*h il'an*h: - refers to a diagonal path, defined by the vowel used. ELVEN GRAMMAR

Sentence Order: The common order of elvish sentences is Subject-object-verb.


Plural nouns: indicated by the suffix -an.


The apostrophe: Used in certain cases and possibly dictates a certain pronunciation. Current known uses are: Denoting certain honorifics (such as sainted) Between a modifier and a verb Between a word and its suffixes (more on this below). With the word 'eyha' (and) to connect sentences and and in terms of a list.


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:


Most affixes seems to have two forms, depending on wether or not the word it relates to ends or begins with a vowel Suffixes often get added with an apostrophe between it and the word. 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. If a suffix is seperated by the apostrophe, it inflects as if the last letter of the word it relates to was a consonant.


Recombination of words: 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.

Examples of this are:

narn'vallei: travel'water -> swim

narn'acaele: travel'sky -> fly


par'karinah: Before the sunrise -> Dawn

par'ker: Before the sunset -> Dusk.


uvul'igne: Firepowder -> Ash

uvul'thrurn: Explosive powder -> Gunpowder

We also see this occuring a lot when the word tali is involved.

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.


Affiliation: The suffix 'leh (note the apostrophe) designates affiliation, the possession of the object by the subject. 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 Ex: part of a common farewell 'kaean'leh evareh', means 'may (it) protect our spirit' literally, but is translated to 'may (it) protect us'.


Known inflections of the elven verbs:

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


  • -e: First person singular
  • -a: Second person singular
  • -e: Third person singular
  • -ae: First person plural
  • -an: second person plural
  • -eyae: Third person plural
  • -eh: Optative singular
  • -erih: Optative plural

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. The stem of a verb functions as a singular imperative. The stem of a verb used as a suffix to a noun (apostrophe where required) is a modifier 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.

Pronouns as a subject: 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:

ame ignere: The forest burns.

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:

kae ame ignere: I burn the forest.

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".)

Infinitive: 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.

By Example:

ito ame ern'onarna: You can travel to the woods

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:

ito ame onarn: to travel to the woods.

Take note that the infinitive must not be used to express a wish, as only the optative form may serve this purpose.

Past and future tense:

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.

For a past or future tense, we add one of these four words at the very end of a sentence:

karin'ento: next sunrise karin'ante: last sunrise ker'ento: next sunset ker'ante: last sunset

Though elves have taken to shortening this to karinto, karinte, kento and kente in more casual speech.

If it is night, we use ker'ante for past, and karin'ento for future tense. If it is day, we use karin'ante for past, and ker'ento for future tense.

This remains true even if the time period one wishes to denote is more than one sunset or sunrise from the time of speaking.



The verbs 'to be' and 'to have' Before reading this, you might find it beneficial to have read about the word 'ito' in the 'CURIOUS WORDS' section.

Note that: ito kae: To him / on him ito kae'leh: To his spirit / on his spirit ('spirit' being implied)

Now, should we place a noun in front of this: mali ito kae: An elf to him. -In elvish, this is the equivalent of 'He has an elf'. mali ito kae'leh: An elf to his spirit. The equivalent of 'He is an elf'.

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'. 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.

Capitalization

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:

Names (of persons, places, titles) Races (Mali, Valah, etc.) Objects of worship (Usul, Velulaei), even when the word's not used to denote the divine being tied to the object When denoting aspects of nature (such as Vuln being the aspect fox.) Words of significant concepts are sometimes capitalized, such as 'lye', 'talar', 'acaele' and 'tuva'

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.

Common words to denote family relations are:

haelun: mother

maln: father

mar’haelun: grandmother

mar’maln: grandfather

malii’mal: son (elven son, for other races use that root)

malii’lari: daughter (elven daughter, for other races use that root)

mal’onn: brother

lari’onn: sister

marmal’onn: uncle

marlari’onn: aunt

malii’malonn: nephew

malii’larionn: niece

mal’maronn: cousin (male)

lari’maronn: cousin (female)

Elven Counting

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.

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.

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.

Discovered words for elven numbers are as follows:

1: oem

2: niut

3: hael

4: vailu

5: kulin

6: banih

7: laier

8: esun

9: moiel

10: telu

100: matelu [ma-(mar-) a preffix for 'very']

1000: marmatelu

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A full and frequently updated Ancient Elven guide is here.

If you'd rather, here is a list of elven sentences that you can use. Enjoy!

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