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4 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said:

Come to think of it, I have a friend who learned Sindarin just for kicks....

 

Oh I know, that was one whole era of people doing that. (Don't point that finger at me... :68468287:)

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Fay said:

Oh dear. Bow is “quinga”, string is “tendl”, taut is “tunga” in Quenya - what do you get? 

I'm not sure, but I think in Sindarin you'd have to do it phonetically instead of by meaning... I sent my friend a text to see if he can help me out

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56 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said:

Is..is there even a hieroglyph for 'ice skating'?

I doubt it.  I doubt that there's even a hieroglyph for 'ice'.  Except for the green belt along the Nile most of Egypt is very HOT desert.

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1 hour ago, micaelis said:

I doubt it.  I doubt that there's even a hieroglyph for 'ice'.  Except for the green belt along the Nile most of Egypt is very HOT desert.

 

I googled and found this (some forum for various translations):

Spoiler

The Egyptian word for snow is salqu (the vowels are basically an educated guess) probably related to the Hebrew word for snow, sheleg. Obviously, they had no snow at home in Egypt but came across it in countries further north.

Snow is mentioned in one ancient Egyptian text, in the context of unpleasant or dangerous phenomena that might happen on the mountains of northern lands in the winter. Officially speaking, the Egyptians didn’t like snow.

 

not exactly ice, but at least something

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