Early Quenya
tinwelindon talalínen
on wings like stars
Element in
- Eq. Oilima Markirya “The Last Ark”
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The eighth line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/213). The first word is adverbial plural form of tinwe “star”, followed by the instrumental plural form of tala “sail”, poetically translated “wings” in the English.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> tinwe-li-ndon tala-lí-nen = “✱star-(plural)-like sail-(plural)-on”