I've long longed for a way to express "most people" or "majority". Might Early N diant "most" be something to build on? If it was a Noldorin word, i'd take it rightaway, but Early Noldorin? I found no root for it either. diant might also be interpreted as "under bridge" or "with gift", so I'm a bit reluctant towards it.
I personally would not choose it. I don't have a solution ready... Perhaps: Early Noldorin neb "near" is quite close to Sindarin nef "on this side of"; perhaps an expression like *nef pain (*phain?) 'near all' or *nef p(h)ant 'near full'?
*orchallim, the lofty host! ammeleg, mightiest, a good word, but can mean a very powerful minority * eir–, rod–ovras, –choth, –wanod seem all to mean "beyond numbers" and similar. What I thought of was to say something like "Most of the Hobbits of the Bree-land lived in Staddle", but the hobbits in Staddle are not "beyond numbers" or even "very many", just more than the other hobbits in Breeland. Here or pherth (above half) or rórim (most populous?) might work! I did'nt understand *gwebin though.
I'm familiar with the go-, but the form gwa- confuses me. Thanks +Matt Dinse . gwebin sounds to me like "common, communal", adjective, like in something belonging to the peoples (a language, a field, a tradition, a town or what not).
Tamas Ferencz Aug 14, 2015 (09:31)
I don't have a solution ready... Perhaps:
Early Noldorin neb "near" is quite close to Sindarin nef "on this side of"; perhaps an expression like *nef pain (*phain?) 'near all' or *nef p(h)ant 'near full'?
Александр Запрягаев Aug 14, 2015 (10:52)
Hjalmar Holm Aug 14, 2015 (14:25)
Александр Запрягаев Aug 14, 2015 (14:43)
ܤܡܝ ܦܠܕܢܝܘܤ Aug 14, 2015 (17:30)
ammeleg (vs. Nold. goriad) 'greater' +abstract noun suffix?
* orchal-lim (L < R) ?
* eir–, rod–ovras, –choth, –wanod (*eir– < *arjâ) ?
* g(w)ebin rórim (~ 'most persons', umlaut plural noun + adj) ?
Hjalmar Holm Aug 14, 2015 (18:57)
ammeleg, mightiest, a good word, but can mean a very powerful minority
* eir–, rod–ovras, –choth, –wanod seem all to mean "beyond numbers" and similar.
What I thought of was to say something like "Most of the Hobbits of the Bree-land lived in Staddle", but the hobbits in Staddle are not "beyond numbers" or even "very many", just more than the other hobbits in Breeland. Here or pherth (above half) or rórim (most populous?) might work! I did'nt understand *gwebin though.
Matt Dinse Aug 24, 2015 (23:17)
Presumably *g(w)ebin is the plural form of pen (Q quén) preceded by go-, gwa-.
Hjalmar Holm Aug 25, 2015 (18:03)