I have just finished a coffee pouch, made out of leather, and thought of writing "coffee" on it. However, we lack a word for that in eldarin, don't we? Reconstructions, anyone?
+Fiona Jallings a bit generic for me (that could be quite a lot of beverages), but after all, why not.
I personally am not against the occasional loanword (and the emphasis is on occasional, of course); after all, loanwords are present in the attested Eldarin corpus.
+Fiona Jallings good question. We can turn to the Arabic, (qahwah) or to the name of region of Kaffa which is said to be the origin of the Arabic term. In the post to the right I simply named it kaffa in neoQuenya; it fits the phonetic rules.
Let's just reorder that a little bit: Morhochur or maybe just Sochur "juice of readiness for action". - sounds like a good word for any caffeinated drink.
What about *caph for the beans, whether grinded or not, and *sochur for any drink made out of it, and maybe *mornechui for a more poetic name for a hot cup of black coffee? After all, there is some difference in meaning.
+Tamas Ferencz What is the meaning of -te element. I would rather support +Helge Kåre Fauskanger's limma. But Rina and I definitely need a word for "candy", too.
Tamas Ferencz Jun 02, 2016 (13:18)
Ekin Gören Jun 02, 2016 (13:34)
Fiona Jallings Jun 03, 2016 (09:24)
Tamas Ferencz Jun 03, 2016 (09:29)
a bit generic for me (that could be quite a lot of beverages), but after all, why not.
I personally am not against the occasional loanword (and the emphasis is on occasional, of course); after all, loanwords are present in the attested Eldarin corpus.
Fiona Jallings Jun 03, 2016 (10:48)
Tamas Ferencz Jun 03, 2016 (11:16)
good question. We can turn to the Arabic, (qahwah) or to the name of region of Kaffa which is said to be the origin of the Arabic term. In the post to the right I simply named it kaffa in neoQuenya; it fits the phonetic rules.
Fiona Jallings Jun 03, 2016 (11:21)
Tamas Ferencz Jun 03, 2016 (11:42)
sounds good to me.
Ицхак Пензев Jun 03, 2016 (15:48)
Roman Rausch Jun 03, 2016 (19:09)
But a loanword might just as well keep its vowel in Sindarin: *capha.
Tamas Ferencz Jun 03, 2016 (20:21)
Lőrinczi Gábor Jun 04, 2016 (12:07)
*hurho ("action juice") < hûr + saw
*hurhovorn ("black action juice") < hûr + saw + morn
Although I don't like the sound of the first two (in spite of the fact that we have forvo, harvo, etc.), neither the sound of the last one. :/
Fiona Jallings Jun 04, 2016 (12:20)
Ицхак Пензев Jun 05, 2016 (14:34)
Tamas Ferencz Jun 05, 2016 (15:26)
yes, that was an on-the-spot attempt for sugar
Hjalmar Holm Jun 05, 2016 (17:11)
Tamas Ferencz Jun 05, 2016 (17:39)
Ицхак Пензев Jun 05, 2016 (18:20)
What is the meaning of -te element. I would rather support +Helge Kåre Fauskanger's limma. But Rina and I definitely need a word for "candy", too.
Tamas Ferencz Jun 05, 2016 (20:07)