FINDAR
The original language of Eralfast was brought unto the world by Elves before the First Age. The language is called Findar. The following is a listing of fairly common terms and meanings found in place names, items, or other uses. Elves of different tribes have some varations on Findar but these are root terms that most use (except Drow and Snow Elves.) The words are more used to suggest a meaning (and may have multiple meanings depending upon usage) – the Elves tend to use phrases as discriptions, as outlined below. Findar is used orally via speech and song, and is also used in script form. Findar is technically NOT a magical language but Elvish spell casters commonly use it ‘bend it’ for vocal incantations.

A – Isle or island – apart … (also – ‘almost’ but not quite)
Ama – Eight
Ar – Sometimes Are – an Ending – the last – final
Bel – Nine (3 with 3 with 3) – 33.3 – magical word and number
Col – Sunrise – dawn – also used as new or immature (young)
Cym – Safe – protected – worthy
Dar – One – ‘the one’ – first – Elves ‘US’ – those of pure elvish blood and nature – Elvishkind – elves ‘we’ or ‘us’ archaic: ‘the people’
Dar – the numeral 1 ‘one’ (in the Western Regions)
(second definition:)Verdant – green – (natural health and beauty) something nature made …not man or the mortals’ gods – innate – true – ‘Tao’
Del – Magic
Dey – North
Dor – A place – often a city or item – something that was built (not natural)
El – (Difficult to translate into Human Common – ‘same of many’ – as different petals on the same flower – different grains of sand upon the same beach)

Fal – Five
Fin – Words – language – voice – talk
Gin – Three – 3 – (triad, trinity, thrice, third)
Gy – god(s)- God or Goddess – archaic:(‘Gya’ – female) Outer Planar beings <demons> et,al;
Hane – Killer, murderer (Hanne) {cryptic;old Findar} Drow term?
Ine – Six
Jer – New or newly – young
Kau – Ice – cold
Kee – Name – title
Ky – Ancient – very old (which is VERY old by Elvish standards)
La – Forest or wood – usually associated with Elves or a ‘magic wood’
Le – Doom – death – end – ‘the end’ – over – lost – gone
Li – Metal and sharpness – edge – powerful – strong – dangerous ‘sword’ ‘blade’
Liad – Blades (plural) – Swords
Lon – Full – filled or ‘to make more’ to ‘enhance something’
Lur – ‘I’ .. ‘Me’ .. ‘I am’ – self reference ‘I am’ .. ‘My’ … ‘Mine’
Lwe – Weak and brittle – easily broken (probably where common LOW came from – lessor, low)

Mal or Mala – Evil – bad – unwanted
Mil – River or stream – also denotes something fluid or moving
Myn – Friend – ally
Naa – Seven – magic (?)
Nor – Great – goodness – blessing

O – The sea – water
Pel – Two – duo, duet, twins
Ra – Port – docks – ships – trade
Ras – Life ‘mortality’ (fire? 2/233 JAE)
Rol – Mountain – peak
Sa – Little, small, short
Sae – Long, tall, big, …
Set – One – first – only – alone – (the number – one)
Tith – Darkness (as in the dark of night – or natural shadow)
Ton – Dwarf – of dwarves
Tro – Four
Us – Fey – faerie ‘magic sylvan’ sometimes ‘other’ or ‘related’

Val – Humankind (Humans only of any tribe or nationality or race)
Valsa – Halfling – of Hobbits (also used as slang insult against craven humans)
Ver – eternity, ‘sum total’, zero, nothing and everything
Voo – Secret – hidden
Vool – Deception – untruth – lying
Zer – Lesser than – weaker … diminished ‘sick or ill’ ‘to waste’ ‘to become less’

Dey – North (Properly: ‘Londey’)
Zerdey – South
Red – East (Properly: ‘Lonred’)
Zerred – West

thus Zer – ‘Beta’ Not Alpha which is assumed in the Findar Zer is: – weaker, lessor .. if added. Anything with header ‘zer’ is smaller. (‘Lon’ is near an opposite – ‘Zer’ is less than .. ‘Lon’ is more than.) This is considered by human understanding in this text.

Examples of use.
Early humans adopted many Elvish place names that still exist today and are found in notable cities and places.

Nouns (Places and things)
Colondor (Col-Lon-Dor) “Sunrise,enhanced and full, city”
Norval (Nor-Val) “Great, good place of humans”
Ky’La Forest (Ky – La) “Ancient, forest – probably magical”
Saedeyrol (Sae-Dey-Rol) “Tall, northern, mountain”
Argyle (Are-Gy-Le) “The final end of outer planar gods/demons via doom and death”

Pronouns (Names and Titles)
Mynton (Myn-Ton) “Friend and ally to Dwarves”
Myndar (Myn-Dar) “Friend and ally to Elves”
Mynval (Myn-Val) “Friend and ally to Humans”

Verbs
Adverbs

Numbers

1. Set – One, first, best (sometimes Dar – ‘elf’ – one person – one – one elf)
2. Pel – second, other, next
3. Gin – Third, three
4. Tro – Four, fourth
5. Fal – Half, five
6. Ine – sixth, other, six
7. Naa – seventh, magic, seven
8. Ama – eight
9. Bel – nine – 33.3 3+3+3, magical number
0. Cit – ten
0. Ver – true zero, nothing
100. Darcit – one hundred
1,000. Darlon – one thousand

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