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HotohoriAurion
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on: September 26, 2014 11:51
Ok so I have a number of tattos thus far, one of which is in Vulcan, but I want to get one in elvish too. I think I got the lettering right but I wanted the opinion of others to make sure before I permanently put it on my body.

It is supposed to be the Quenya word for wisdom, Nolwë, in tengwar.

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on: September 26, 2014 01:59
Almost correct: the little curl has to be on the first letter.
The first letter is "n", with the curl this becomes "no".
The middle letter is "l".
The final letter is "w", with the accent this becomes "we".
Yassë engë lómë, anarties calali.
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on: September 26, 2014 02:01
Thank you so much!! I will correct it before I get it done
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on: November 22, 2014 09:18
Hello. When I first told my girlfriend that I loved her, I did it in Elvish - saying melinyel. Now, four years later, she wants to get it tattooed in tengwar. Problem is I am not sure about using the tengwar. Could someone please translate it to tengwar for me? I want to make sure we have it right before she gets it!
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on: November 23, 2014 12:45
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Yassë engë lómë, anarties calali.
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on: January 03, 2015 12:26
Okay so now I have another I wanted to get after I did the previous. I found a site that had the phrase translated and I wanted to make sure it was correct before I got it tattooed. It is supposed to say "not all those who wander are lost" translated to "Queni ya ranya ullumë vanwë umir"
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on: January 03, 2015 04:32
One small remark: if you want it to be completely correct then vanwë should be written wanwë in tengwar as the v at the beginning is in fact a w that is pronounced as a v.
Yassë engë lómë, anarties calali.
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