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Fallendil
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on: April 09, 2005 07:49
I can't find a Sindarin verb for "to go". What do people use for this very important verb?
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on: April 09, 2005 10:08
Most folks use bad- for 'to go'. Have you looked at/downloaded the Sindarin Verb charts here on the site? They're extremely helpful. (I'm not sure of the credits for creating/extrapolating/etc.)

Also, just as an 'alternative', if you're using it as a command (i.e. 'Go!') one could also use ego! (be off!)

(( [Hiswelókë's Sindarin dictionary (Edition 1.6, Lexicon 0.993)]
ego* [ˈɛgɔ] interj. be  off! ◇ WJ/365 ◇ OS *ek(e) å (HEK) ))
"Tolo si, a tiro i cherth Eru" "Come now, and see the works of God"
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on: April 09, 2005 02:41
I follow Maethor Eruvenn's* theory that bad- actually means "to come", hence govad- "meet / come together", and that the Sindarin verbs for "to go" are ledhia- and glenna-, the cognates of Quenya lelya- and linna- taken from Sindarin edledhia- "to go forth" / "to exile" and anglenna- "to approach".

*http://maethor.weet.us/
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Post RE: To Go
on: April 10, 2005 12:55
Many thanks!
Ailinel
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Post RE: To Go
on: April 10, 2005 02:27
Regarding Maethor's theory:

Without doubt there is the possibility of reconstructing a verb "to go" from the root _LED-_ .

But I don't agree with the theory that _bad-_ means "to come". If you take a look at the entries under _BAT-_ (Etym:351/52), you may notice that no gloss seems to suggest a meaning "to come".
On the other hand we have the attested _tol-_ "to come".
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Post RE: To Go
on: April 10, 2005 05:22
Ah! Thanks for reminding me; I had forgotten about tol-.
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