Men Eldalambínen
A Place in the Elven Tongues
Petri Tikka


What's new?
January 18th 2010

Compositions

Essays

Sound and videos


Crosswords


Tolkien-links


Feedback


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Mana vinya? - What's new?

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Compositions - translations and original

Quenya

Original:
 
Á lelya sí
~ a senseless poem
A orni! ~ O trees!
Aiya alasse! ~ Hail joy! - Terve, oi ilo!
Amillere ~ Mother's Day
Cuile ar elye ~ Life and You
Losse-lóme ~ Snow-white night
+ my melody for this as a MIDI file
Muina súre ~ A hidden wind
Lótesse ~ May
Melme ~ Love
Nuruhuine Tule ~ a little a-less story
Sére avánie ~ a little poem 
Winyamo tyerme ~ a youngster's prayer

Translations:
Á ilaurië nairi hata ~ Arkihuolesi kaikki heitä 
~ Throw away your everyday worries (Finnish Christmas hymn) 

Aire Lairi
: 1 2 ~ Holy Sonnets
Airelinde Anaronden
~ hymni Atonille ~ Airelinde attayunquea ~ Psalm 24
Airelinde attea
~ Psalm 2
Airelinde haranya ~ Psalm 100
Airelinde minya ~ Psalm 1
Anarelva ~ Aurinkomme ylösnousi 
Erinqua rannen fanya ve ~ I wandered lonely as a cloud 
+ download as a mp3 file
Lamyar i nyelli ~ Rauhaa, vain rauhaa 
~ Peace and peace only (Finnish Christmas hymn)

Marnórelva
~ Kotomaamme ~ a Finnish hymn
Nóre Alcarwa ~ Land of Hope and Glory
Sín a cuiva ~ Wachet auf ~ Wake, awake (German choral)
Ve Eärendil vanima ~
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern 
~ How bright appears the morning star (German choral)
- Tolkienian or Tolkien-inspired:
Altariello mentar ~ Galadriel's messages
Fangorne ~ In the willow-meads of Tasarinan
Lante Artanáro
~ the Fall of Gilgalad
Minna Númen ~ Into the West
Olorissen ~ in Dreams
Pessailon ~ In western lands beneath the Sun
Telcontar ~ All that is gold does not glitter 
Vanta-líre
~ Upon the hearth the fire is red

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The Kalevala Translations

A small fragment

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Sindarin

Achas ~ Dread
Aerlinn vinui ~ Psalm 1
Estad ~ Naming
Gilraen ~ translation fragment
Man calad? ~ a poem in four tongues

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Essays and wordlists

by Petri Tikka:
The Finnicization of Quenya (also available in Arda Philology)
Quenya words from Parma Eldalamberon 17

small essays:
Átaremma background
Bilabial V in Quenya
Finnish influence on Quenya allative
History of the word lóme  
Quenya words for 'song'

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Sound files and videos


Adûnaic fragment
Alcar (VT44:32)

Ash nazg
Baruk Khazâd!

Fíriel’s song
Ir ithil ammen Eruchín (LB:354)
Namárie
Narqelion
The longest Valarin word
(you can also download them here on a 
Tolkienian site or here as an independent site)


My videos on YouTube,
containing songs and poems in Tolkienian languages:
A Elbereth Gilthoniel (Tolkien's text, my melody)
Aiya alasse!
Arda ilvanya (by Valeria Barouch)
Godfather in Elvish (Namárië)
In Dulci Jubilo - Quenya/Latin
Losse-lómë
Narqelion (Tolkien's text, my melody)
Ve Eärendil vanima

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Crosswords

Quenya

BIRDS; jpg, keys
BODY PARTS; jpg, keys
COLOURS; jpg, keys
FAMILY; jpg, keys
FOODS; jpg, keys
MAMMALS; jpg, keys
MONTHS; jpg, keys
WATER; jpg, keys
TREES; jpg, keys

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Sindarin

COLOURS; jpg, keys
FAMILY; jpg, keys
FOODS
TIME; jpg, keys

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Tolkienian Links 

Aglardh - a forum dedicated to Tolkien’s languages. 
Alisson Veldhuis’ Home Page - a celebration of Mythopoeic Literature.
Ambar Eldaron - a beautiful French site, with graphic versions of Elvish text (including mine)  
Ardalambion - definintely the best web-site on Tolkien's languages
Didier Willis' Sindarin translator - the Sindarin dictionary: the best Tolkienian dictionary
Elfling - the most popular mailing list concerned with Tolkien's languages
Elm - Ales Bican's wonderful page with various linguistic materials, e.g. quenya lapseparma
The Encyclopedia of Arda - concise information on Tolkien's world
The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship - scholarly study of the Professor's languages
Gwaith-i-Phethdain - Fellowship of the Word-smiths: an abundance of material in and about Tolkien's languages
Green Books - an intersting site with many views, news and interviews on Tolkien's invented history. Unfortunately no longer updated. 
Lambë Eldaiva - The language of the Elves by Alex Grigny de Castro; word lists arranged thematically
Mellonath Daeron - the Language Guild of the Forodrim: great compostions and articles from Roslagen (better known as Sweden)
Parma Tyelpelassiva - by Thorsten Renk. Elvish texts, language courses, analyses etc. I recommend, this is high quality.
Sindanórië - by Roman Rausch. Articles about and compositions in Tolkienian languages from Goldogrin to Lindārin.
Studies on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien - by Harri Perälä; see how to write Finnish with Tengwar
Tolkien e o Élfico - about Elvish in (Brazilian) Portuguese.

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Feedback

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Here's
an archive for 2001-2008.

 


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Last updated: February 28th, 2010

Nai Eru aistuva le ar tiruva le. Nai Eru calyuva antarya lenna ar óravuva ólesse. Nai Eru ortuva antarya lenna ar antuva raine len. (Nóti 6:24-26) Essenen Atarwa ar Yondova ar Airefeava. Násie.

29 A Heru, sí leryalye núrolya séresse, ve quettalya quete. 30 An hendunyat ecéniet sámelya 31 i amanwielye antan ilye lieron: 32 cala velupantien i nórin ar alcar Israel lielyan.
(Lúcas 2)

Eque i Fea ar indis: "Á tule!". I hlare na quete: "Á tule". I soica na tule. I mere na came nén cuiléva ve anna.
(Velupantie 22:17)



Eressea mi mornie
acaitienye andave.
A Eru, manna lendiel?
Ai manan hehtanel?

An inye lye-hehtanie.
La istanen i sailie.
Lá manan enutúliel?
Ai manan hehtanel?



Airelinde sauneva:

A Yésus aista le
saunenya sinome.
Poitanye hroa ninya,
la rahtan feanyanna.
A poitya illum' inye,
sovuny' Earenyasse.

Feanya turquima
ar sovo mérala,
amtírala tuonna
ar cáral' alasserya.
Mai Yésus la restalye,
nívenyas feo noire.

Úresse sauneva
ná mára sovuta.
Sestarye sáma ninya,
nyérelinyassen sutya.
Sí quilda símen háran
ar Héru ninya hantan.

-
Heikki Tyhtilä,
quérina ló Tambaro