Talk:Kirinki: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
Latest comment: 5 March 2020 by Faenor
No edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Hmmm, bird, red, very rare or even extinct, extraordinary voices at the edge of human perception, and by the way lives in a country where everyone is, like in ancient Egypt, obsessed with death ... I just can't help but think phoenix. Anyone else too? | Hmmm, bird, red, very rare or even extinct, extraordinary voices at the edge of human perception, and by the way lives in a country where everyone is, like in ancient Egypt, obsessed with death ... I just can't help but think phoenix. Anyone else too? | ||
[[User:Faenor|Faenor]] 16:59, 5 March 2020 (UTC) | [[User:Faenor|Faenor]] 16:59, 5 March 2020 (UTC) | ||
:There is no talk about immortality through fiery rebirth, only a small bird with no mythology of its own. I would rather look into the name ''kir-inke'', probably a diminutive ending with a well-known root 'cut, cleave, pass swiftly through'. I might guess the name means something like 'small beak' (cf. ''cirya'' 'sharp-prowed ship') or maybe ''kir-'' here refers to the swiftness of the bird. Just speculations, though. --Tik 10:03, 6 March 2020 (UTC) | :There is no talk about immortality through fiery rebirth, only a small bird with no mythology of its own. I would rather look into the name ''kir-inke'', probably a diminutive ending with a well-known root √KIR 'cut, cleave, pass swiftly through'. I might guess the name means something like 'small beak' (cf. ''cirya'' 'sharp-prowed ship') or maybe ''kir-'' here refers to the swiftness of the bird. Like colibri... Just speculations, though. --Tik 10:03, 6 March 2020 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 10:05, 6 March 2020
Hmmm, bird, red, very rare or even extinct, extraordinary voices at the edge of human perception, and by the way lives in a country where everyone is, like in ancient Egypt, obsessed with death ... I just can't help but think phoenix. Anyone else too? Faenor 16:59, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- There is no talk about immortality through fiery rebirth, only a small bird with no mythology of its own. I would rather look into the name kir-inke, probably a diminutive ending with a well-known root √KIR 'cut, cleave, pass swiftly through'. I might guess the name means something like 'small beak' (cf. cirya 'sharp-prowed ship') or maybe kir- here refers to the swiftness of the bird. Like colibri... Just speculations, though. --Tik 10:03, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
