PE22 offers a solution to spatio-temporal ambiguity of before/after words. Using the following roots, I made some reconstructions for Sindarin:
Temporals
Faw = before of time √PHĀ/APHA
Cad = after of time √KĀ/KATA
Spatials
Haw = before, in front of place √KHYĀ
Pad = after, behind of place √PĀ/PATA
Though we could say that cad is already attested. What do you think?
Paul Strack Apr 13, 2016 (03:31)
Ekin Gören Apr 13, 2016 (05:34)
ܤܡܝ ܦܠܕܢܝܘܤ Apr 13, 2016 (16:02)
Ekin Gören Apr 13, 2016 (20:13)
Faw: pʰā > pʰǭ > ɸǭ > ɸau > fau
Cad: kata > kat > kad
Haw: kʰjā > kʰā > kʰǭ > xǭ > xau > hau
Pad: pata > pat > pad
There's the issue of "long final vowels were shorthened -> short final vowels vanished" with √PHĀ and √KHYĀ but that would leave me with just consonants. All the examples I could find (on 'ā>a>ø') have at least two syllables, and we have baw from √BĀ/ABA as a single syllable.
Александр Запрягаев Apr 13, 2016 (21:19)
Tamas Ferencz Apr 13, 2016 (21:41)
"As a temporal solution" - I see what you did there...+Александр Запрягаев
Ekin Gören Apr 13, 2016 (22:05)
EPE, after of time, or[?] after of place. AWA, before of time, OPO, before of place.(p. 167)
And the rest from the next page:
{ epe , before of time.} { awa .}
ō { hō , from. [?being] {near, behind, past[?] >>} (...)
epe, 'after' {before} of time. after, behind of place.
awa, before, ago of time. opo, before, ahead, in front of place.
auta, ago. autas, a former occur[rence]. (p. 168)
What a mess... Thanks for the heads-up.
ܤܡܝ ܦܠܕܢܝܘܤ Apr 13, 2016 (22:35)
I asked also because I was keen on knowing whether there was any case ending (*-se or *-da) present in the proto-stages.