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  • International Quidditch Association
    Yomenië Quamacelmo Ambaresse

    For tengwar caracters I use the Tengwar Formal font. If you are not able to see tengwar writings but only a strange sequence of nonsense like this [hÍNtF5%` RzEt#aVjtH `Cw#7R,], please download and install it. Thank you :)

    Quidditch basical terms were translated in a previous post. Now more technical terms will be analyzed and translated from quidditch to quenya.

    Goal line =     1)tixë tëa,
                from tixë “point, dot” tëa “straight line, road”
    1TcR 1R`C
                            2)tëa cormaron,
                literally “rings line”
    1R`C aY6t#6Y5

    Starting line = yesta tëa
                from yesta “beginning” tëa “straight line, road”
    hÍV81R`C 1R`C
    Keeper zone line = peler tirno tëa
                where I prefer to use tirno instead of cormatirno
    qVj$6 1T65H 1R`C

    Mid field line = endya tëa,
                from endya “middle”
    `V2Ì# 1R`C
    Penality box = colca paimetánë
                from colca “box” and paimetánë that is the past tense of paimenta-“exact or inflict a penalty; punish”
    aNjaE qlEt$1E5$
    Highest goal post = arhalla corma
                from halla “tall” that with the suffix ar-  became arhalla “the tallest”
    `C69Cj°# aY6t#

    Lowest goal post = arsenna corma
                from senna “short” that with the suffix ar-  became arsenna “the shortest”
    `C6iF5#: aY6t#
    I translate this terms from quidditch to quenya for the image of a quidditch pitch made by Jørgen Helgeland Stenløkk. I also thanks Juliane Schillinger that make a first version of the translated pitch image.
    To translate also the length unit I decide to use the ranga (pl rangar is attested, 7Es#6), a Númenórean linear measure “slightly longer than our yard, approximately 38 inches [= 96.5 cm]“. –UT:285, 461.
    The basic meaning of ranga was “full pace”. Number are written using the elvish duodecimal number system.

    Quidditch Pitch
    tyalapelere quamacelmo



  • International Quidditch Association
    Yomenië Quamacelmo Ambaresse
    hÍNtF5%` RzEt#aVjtH `Cw#7R,

    For tengwar caracters I use the Tengwar Formal font. If you are not able to see tengwar writings but only a strange sequence of nonsense like this [hÍNtF5%` RzEt#aVjtH `Cw#7R,], please download and install it. Thank you :) 

    The proof that high elves know quidditch came from a simple evidence: if you try to translate the word "queerditch", the old name of quidditch, into Quenya (high elves tongue), the word that you obtain have the same sound.
    Quidditch (from Queerditch) = quamacelma 
                    from quama- “queer, vomit, (feeling) sick”; celma “channel, ditch, dyke or trench”
    zEt#aVjt#

    The high elves were the first on earth to give names to places and tings. I like to imagin the word Quidditch caming from Queerditch, the geographical name of the puddle where this sport were played for the first time. 

     International Quidditch Association = Yomenië Quamacelmo Ambaresse
                    from yomenië “association, organized group, meeting directed and organized by a group”; ambaresse “of the world” 
    hÍNtF5%` RzEt#aVjtH `Cw#7R,

     Broomstick = olwatussa 
                    from olwa “branch”; tussa “bush, broom grass” 
    `NjnD1J,E
    Brooms up! = á orta olwar!

    ~C `N61 `NjnE6Á

     Pitch = tyalapeler, 
                from tyal- “game” peler “fenced field”
    1EÍj#1Vj$6

     Seeker = Cestaro (pl. Cestari)
                from cesta- “To Seek/Search”
    aF81E7N

     Keeper = Cormatirno “guardian of the ring, ring watcher”
                from corma “ring”, tirno “watcher, guardian”
    aY6t#1T65H

     Chaser = Ronyo
    7Y5ÌH

     Beater = Palparo “beater”
    qDjqE7N

     Captain = hesto
    9V81H

     Ring = corma, pl. cormar
    aY6t#
    Quaffle = coron “ball”
    aH7H5

     Bludger = palon
                from pal- “beat, shake”
    qDjH5

     Golden snitch = malinettirno “golden spy”
                    from malda, malina “yellow, of golden colour”; ettirno “spy” from Sindarin ethir “to spy”
    t#j%5$1;T65H


     Disappeared during the last match of quidditch.
    Vanya írë telwan tyalielume quamacelmo.
    -yE5Ì# `B7V 1VjnE5 1EÍj%`VjUt$ zEt#aVjtH-

    Please  contact  the  IQA if you have information or questions.
    Nai máriello tecuval IQA qui haryalye centa hela cesta.
    -5lE t~C7T`Vj°H 1VaJyDj zÍE zG 9C7EÎj#´ aF51E 9Vj# aF81E-

     Nothing is what it seems if we let fly our imagination!
    Munta nà ya vea qui leryalme simalma!
    Á5&4# 5~C hÍE yF`C zG j$7EÎjt$ 3Gt#jt#Á

    Missing bludger
    Loita palon
    jlH1E qDjH5
    Missing broomstick
    Loita olwatussa
    jlH1E `NjnD1J,E
    Missing golden snitch
    Loita malinettirno
    jlH1E t#j%5$1;T65H
    Missing quaffle
    Loita coron
    jlH1E aH7H5
    If you like this article, here there is more :)
  • That's a project I've made some years ago 'cos I'm tired of see writings, pictures and expecially tattoos using tengwar in a wrong and meaningless way. 
    The aim is offer free translation from english to quenya to avoid that mistakes.
    Yes, ok, I'm a nerd and a big fan of the J.R.R. Tolkien's books, but I really appreciate the sound and the writing of lenguages, and that's in few words the meaning of the elvish word "lambengolmo".

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