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Huin ([personal profile] huinare) wrote2012-02-16 04:16 pm

Any Quenya gurus out there?

Probably to avoid doing other things, I've briefly taken up my recurring and futile quest to Quenya-ize the name Draugluin.  As usual, a satisfactory result is not cropping up in my dictionary-combing.  Rácoluin seems to be the nearest in meaning and phonemes, but I really don't like it.

[identity profile] pandemonium-213.livejournal.com 2012-02-17 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
My go-to guru for questions of language in Middle-earth is [livejournal.com profile] elvses a.k.a. Darth Fingon. You might consider registering on the Lizard Council and posing the question there or PMing him.

You've likely encountered his Sindarin and Quenya name generators, which may be found here. If I were to fumble around (and I will), I'd be inclined to go for Raucoluinon (if you want to retain the "blue") or Raucolun (rauco/demon + lun/dark). At least that sounds more like Draugluin. But again, I'm a hack. I recommend asking Darth.

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[personal profile] hhimring 2012-02-18 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not on the Lizard Council, but judging by who else is, I think they're very civilized to newbies.
Apparently, you're expected to start by giving a bit of feedback to others before you start asking for crit yourself, but I think that might not even apply to questions like this one.