@TheEdVerse Hi Ed, musing on things elven again with my partner in crime and wondering if you had the elvish words for "sadness/sorrow", "tear/tears" (as in wet stuff out of the eyes) and some gem types: diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald and most of all, amber. Thanks so much.
— George Krashos (@gkrashos) March 11, 2019
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Hi! Happy to help! In all FR Elvish and related tongues, gemstone names have the same singular and plural word form (i.e. “dwaor” means “diamond” AND “diamonds”), and the rest of the sentence gives context (i.e. a numerator; for a few of these, see hereafter)…#Realmslore 2)
dwaor = diamonds
raor = rubies
eleglim = sapphires
laqaith = emeralds
oum = moonstones
ohulnar = amber (literally “frozenfire” so “ohul” = frozen and “rathnar” = one of several words for aspects of fire)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 13, 2019
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ildim = sadness
imdaur = lasting sorrow, mourning
naor = never
ilnay = tear, tears
nayal = weeping/crying
nayaln = wept#Realmslore 4)
one = ae
two = ounae
three = teth
four = dloum
many = juthuss
…and that’s it for this delve through the old lore notes. :}#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 13, 2019
Brilliant @TheEdVerse. Thank you so much. One last thing: moon elves are Teu’Tel’Quessir = how do you say the “Teu” part? Is it like “toe”, “tay” or something else? This Realmslore stuff is fun! I pronounce it like "two," except pursing the lips in mid-syllable so it's more "tee-you" (but fast, so "tyu" more than tee-you). ;}
Yes, I've noticed it's fun, too. And addictive. ;}#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 14, 2019