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*'''-ngua''', with genitive '''-nguo''' is the [[Telerin]] possessive ending "of our", only attested with the genitive ending in the word ''[[vomentienguo]]'' "of our meeting".
'''''vomentienguo''''' is a [[Telerin]] word.<ref name=WJQ>{{WJ|Quendi}}, pp. 367, 407</ref>


==Etymology==
[[Helge Fauskanger]] has suggested that it corresponds to the English phrase "of our meeting".<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Helge Fauskanger]]|articleurl=http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/telerin.htm|articlename=Telerin - the language of the Sea-elves|dated=|website=|accessed=3 February 2012}}</ref>
The ''u'' of *-ngua may be a dual element, related to the Quenya dual ending -u<ref>[[Letter 427]]</ref>.
 
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==Examples==
 
*''ēl sīla lūmena '''vomentienguo''''' ("A star shines upon the hour of the meeting of our ways")<ref name=WJQ/>
 
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 19 October 2012

vomentienguo is a Telerin word.[1]

Helge Fauskanger has suggested that it corresponds to the English phrase "of our meeting".[2]

Examples[edit | edit source]

  • ēl sīla lūmena vomentienguo ("A star shines upon the hour of the meeting of our ways")[1]

References