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 ^ English ^ Nûrlâm ^ Etymology and comments ^ ^ English ^ Nûrlâm ^ Etymology and comments ^
 +| aloft | târarz | adverb from "târ" (high) |
 +| :::   | talarz | adverb from "talûrz" (top) |
 +| anarchy | shanardughurm | lit. "without-leadership" |
 +| aquatic | nînûrz | adj. from LOS "nîn" (water) < Quenya "nén", Westron "nîn" |
 +| autocracy | îmbalurm | lit. "self-power" |
 +| autonomous | îmdurbûrz | lit. "self-ruling" |
 +| bint | nizdauk | NL < "nizd" (girl, maiden) + suffix "-auk" for derogatory meaning | 
 +| bosom | pald | NL < Noldorin "palath" < Primitive Elvish "palda" (flat surface) < Etym. "PAL" (wide open);\\ here meaning "surface" is implied, not "breast, chest" |
 +| (in the) case (of) | ghung | translated simply as "if" |
 +| ceremony | dhak | LOS |
 +| collective, commune | shaukurm | already in dictionary as "fellowship" |
 +| decision | prudhurm | NL "prudh-" (to decide) < Gnomish "pridu" |
 +| derive | sir- | NL, lit. "to flow" |
 +| dictatorship | mogurm | from TK "mog" (tyrant, oppressor) |
 +| difference | sorghurm | SV "sorgh-" (to split, divide); \\ while there are other words for "different" in Nûrlâm's dictionary, this makes more sense in this context |
 +| divine | bâlûrz | adj. < NL "bal" (divine power) < Sindarin "bal", "bâl" |
 | dogma | samburm | from NL "samb-" (to believe) | | dogma | samburm | from NL "samb-" (to believe) |
 | economic | rarkurmûrz | from NL "rark-" (to spare, save money) | | economic | rarkurmûrz | from NL "rark-" (to spare, save money) |
 +| emperor | durbal | TK CBS "durb-" (to rule, dominate) > "durbal" (emperor, high-king) |
 +| Excalibur | Gurdgrishal | lit. "hard-cleaver", one of speculative Welsh etymologies ("caled" + "bwlch") |
 +| executive | krampûrz | LOS "kramp-" (to do, make) |
 | exploiting | mogrug | present participle from "mogr-" < TK "mog" (tyrant, oppressor) < PN "Gothmog" < Etym. "MBAW" | | exploiting | mogrug | present participle from "mogr-" < TK "mog" (tyrant, oppressor) < PN "Gothmog" < Etym. "MBAW" |
 +| farcical | dhîlautûrz | NL "dhîl-" (to stuff, stopple) > "dhîlaut" (stuffing, compare with original French meaning of "farce") > "dhîlautûrz" |
 +| giveaway | traumurm | abstract noun from LOS "traum-" (to show, reveal) < SV |
 +| government | durburm | NL < TK "durb-" (to rule, force, dominate, constrain, control) |
 | (to) hang on | hinb- | NL < Quenya "him" (to adhere), "himba" (sticking, adhering) < Etym. "KHIM" | | (to) hang on | hinb- | NL < Quenya "him" (to adhere), "himba" (sticking, adhering) < Etym. "KHIM" |
-| imperialist | durburmuzgalûrz | TK CBS "durb-" (to rule, dominate) > "durburm" (domination, government) > "durburmuzg" (empire) > "durburmuzgal" (imperialist, n.) > "durburmuzgalûrz" (imperialist, adj.) |+| imperialist | durburmuzgaukûrz | TK CBS "durb-" (to rule, dominate) > "durburm" (domination, government) > "durburmuzg" (empire) > "durburmuzgauk" (imperialist, n.) > "durburmuzgaukûrz" (imperialist, adj.) |
 | inferior | dhunar | comparative from "dhun" (low) | | inferior | dhunar | comparative from "dhun" (low) |
 +| inherent | hinbug | present active participle from NL "hinb-" (to adhere, cleave to, stick to);\\ compare with Latin "in" + "haereo" (to stick in, cleave to, adhere to) |
 +| lob | sorn- | NL < SV "soranog-" (to throw); added to differentiate from "af-" (throw, cast) |
 +| mandate | kazhurm | NL, abstract noun from "kazh-" (to order, command) |
 +| masses | hait | NL, lit. "crowd, public" < TK CBS "hai", Noldorin "hoth" |
 | (to) object (to) | bugb- | was already in dictionary as "disagree, argue"\\ LOS, HG < SV "bugjab-" (to say against) | | (to) object (to) | bugb- | was already in dictionary as "disagree, argue"\\ LOS, HG < SV "bugjab-" (to say against) |
 +| officer | zurzal | LOS "zûrz" (official) |
 | outdated | thukûbaga | NL, lit. "over-aged" < "thu", "kûb-" | | outdated | thukûbaga | NL, lit. "over-aged" < "thu", "kûb-" |
 +| peasant | snaga | TK BS "snaga" (slave) |
 | (to) perpetuate | goir- | verb from NL adjective "goir" (eternal) | | (to) perpetuate | goir- | verb from NL adjective "goir" (eternal) |
 +| progress | drûkhurm | NL "dro-" (forward, pro-) + LOS "ukh-" (to go) + abstract noun suffix |
 +| providence | drothakurm | NL, "dro-" (forward, pro-) + "thak-" (to appear) + abstract nound suffix |
 +| purely | foigarz | NL "foig" (pure, clear) (adj.) < Qenya "poika", Noldorin "puig" < Etym. "POY" |
 +| ratify | thar- | NL < ZB "thar" (fixed, appointed) (adj.) < Valarin "aþāra" |
 +| repress | unudh- | LOS (to detain) |
 +| ::: | mogr- | NL (to oppress, exploit) | 
 +| ::: | krusang- | NL, lit. translation of "re-press" < Quenya "sanga", Sindarin "thang" | 
 +| ::: | pûgsh- | NL (to subdue, subjugate) |
 +| scimitar | naig | NL < SV "nicaj" (saber) + NL "maig" (sword, blade) < Quenya "maica" |
 +| social | shahaizûrz | adj. from "society" (see below) |
 +| society | shahai | TK "sha" + TK "hai" (lit. "together-people") |
 +| supreme | talûrzaz | superlative form of adjective from EL "tala" (above, over) |
 +| syndicalist | gaidalûrz | NL "gaid" (to join, unite, unify, rally) < LOS "gai" (chain) + Gnomish "gada" (to join) < Etym. "YAT"\\ > gaidal (syndicalist, n.) > gaidalûrz (syndicalist, adj.) \\ > gaidbrun (syndicate, lit. "united group") |
 +| system | mogshrinkhurm | NL, merging "mogsh" (rule, law) with "srinkh-" (to gather, organize) |
 +| tart | ghrupaukniz | NL < "ghrup-" (to fornicate) < "ghru" (penis), "ghîr-" (to lust) < Neo-Quenya "hrupuhta" (to fornicate, lit. "to have evil sex");\\ here translated just "whore" without slang terms incorporating cakes |
 | (to) treat | magd- | NL < Quenya "mahta", Sindarin "maetha" (to handle, wield, deal with, treat) < Etym. "MAGH" (hand), "MAG" (to use, handle), Primitive Elvish root "MAH" (to handle, manage, control, wield) | | (to) treat | magd- | NL < Quenya "mahta", Sindarin "maetha" (to handle, wield, deal with, treat) < Etym. "MAGH" (hand), "MAG" (to use, handle), Primitive Elvish root "MAH" (to handle, manage, control, wield) |
 +| violence | gorurm | < TK AO, DBS "gor" (violent) < Etym. "GOR" (violence) |
 +| (to) vote | gazd- (-ûr) | lit. "to vow for" |
 +| ::: | gobh- | lit. "to choose, elect" |
 +| ::: | omg- | NL, calque from Russian "голосовать" < "omog" (voice) < rejected TK "mog" |
  
- +The name "Dennis" was not translated, but transliterated as "Dînîs" (taking in account Greek origin of the name, related to god Dyonysos). "Arthur" wasn't changed at all. 
-The name "Dennis" was not translated, but transliterated as "Dînîs" (taking in account Greek origin of the name, related to god Dyonysos). +
  
 "Bretons" were translated simply as "Tark" (Númenóreans, Gondorians). "Bretons" were translated simply as "Tark" (Númenóreans, Gondorians).
 +
 +"Samite" was translated with early Qenya word "samind" (silk), while in [[translations:herr_mannelig|Herr Mannelig]] "silk" was translated as "Bhârnazb" (lit. "moth-web").
  
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 | King Arthur | Old woman! | Nizkû! | | King Arthur | Old woman! | Nizkû! |
 | Dennis      | Man. | Nor. | | Dennis      | Man. | Nor. |
-| King Arthur | Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there? | Nor, gont. Mash lûghoth kîbâ zîg goitor zîgin? |+| King Arthur | Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there? | Nor, gont. Mash lûghoth kîbâ zîg goitor zîginal? |
 | Dennis      | I'm 37. | Dazûr krignuk agh udug | | Dennis      | I'm 37. | Dazûr krignuk agh udug |
 | King Arthur | What? | Mash? | | King Arthur | What? | Mash? |
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 | Dennis      | What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior. | Dabugb zamash fimagdiz ash si dhunar. | | Dennis      | What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior. | Dabugb zamash fimagdiz ash si dhunar. |
 | King Arthur | Well, I //am// king. | Bhog, da//kul// arn. | | King Arthur | Well, I //am// king. | Bhog, da//kul// arn. |
-| Dennis      | Oh, king, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. If there's ever gonna be any progress... | Oh, arn, mar? Nîr sharz. Agh marz fisnabuz zîg, mar? Mogrug za bulal. Hinbug samburmu durburmuzgalûrz thukûbaga amash goirâ | +| Dennis      | Oh, king, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. If there's ever gonna be any progress... | Oh, arn, mar? Nîr sharz. Agh marz fisnabuz zîg, mar? Mogrug za bulal. Hinbug samburmu durburmuzgaukûrz thukûbaga amash goirâ za sorghurm rarkurmûrz agh shahaizûrz shahaizor dakob. Ghung kon drûkhurm kulguth milkon... | 
-| Peasant Woman | Dennis! There's some lovely filth down here... Oh! How do you do? | | +| Peasant Woman | Dennis! There's some lovely filth down here... Oh! How do you do? | Dînîs! Mûd dugnîr kulâ dhu zin... Oh! Amarz fikramp? | 
-| King Arthur   | How do you do, good lady? I am Arthur, king of the Britons. Whose castle is that? | | +| King Arthur   | How do you do, good lady? I am Arthur, king of the Britons. Whose castle is that? | Amarz fikramp, dûrniz bhog? Dakul Arthur, arn Tark-haib. | 
-| Peasant Woman | King of the who? | | +| Peasant Woman | King of the who? | Arn amai? | 
-| King Arthur   | The Britons. | | +| King Arthur   | The Britons. | Za Tark-hai. | 
-| Peasant Woman | Who're the "Britons"? | | +| Peasant Woman | Who're the "Britons"? | Za "Tark-hai" kulû amai? | 
-| King Arthur   | Well, we all are. We're all Britons, and I am your king. | | +| King Arthur   | Well, we all are. We're all Britons, and I am your king. | Bhog, dakûk kul. Dakûk kul Tark-hai, agh dakul arngib. | 
-| Peasant Woman | Didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective. | |  +| Peasant Woman | Didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective. | Narîstuz dakbrusuz ash arn. Da ûsuz dak kuz ash shaukurm îmdurbûrz. |  
-| Dennis        | You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy, in which the working classes... | | +| Dennis        | You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy, in which the working classes... | Fiprakhîm. Dak kîb ash mogurmor! Ash îmgoirug îmbalurm, amashor za bulûrz dhâr... | 
-| Peasant Woman | Oh, there you go, bringing class into it again. | | +| Peasant Woman | Oh, there you go, bringing class into it again. | Oh, fi ukh zîginu, thrakug dhâr zashi nokhar. | 
-| Dennis        | Well, that's what it's all about! If only people would-- | | +| Dennis        | Well, that's what it's all about! If only people would-- | Bhog, zîg kul amash za ûk kul gus! Ghung tug hai kulg... | 
-| King Arthur   | //Please//, please, good people, I am in haste. Who lives in that castle? | | +| King Arthur   | //Please//, please, good people, I am in haste. Who lives in that castle? | //Dahas//, dahas, haibhog, dakhig. Mash kîb zîg goitor? | 
-| Peasant Woman | No one lives there. | | +| Peasant Woman | No one lives there. | Narash kîb zîgin. | 
-| King Arthur   | Then who is your lord? | | +| King Arthur   | Then who is your lord? | Dai mash kul gib mâgz? | 
-| Peasant Woman | We don't have a lord. | | +| Peasant Woman | We don't have a lord. | Daknarbrus ash mâgz. | 
-| King Arthur   | What? | | +| King Arthur   | What? | Mash? | 
-| Dennis        | I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as sort of executive officer for the week... | | +| Dennis        | I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as sort of executive officer for the week... | Dagashnuzam, dak ash shaukurm shanardugh-gaidalûrz. Dakokt narzharz zurzalsi krampûrz furn udârshum... | 
-| King Arthur   | Yes... | | +| King Arthur   | Yes... | Akh... | 
-| Dennis        | ... but all decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting... | |  +| Dennis        | ... but all decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting... | ... ap prudhurmûk zîg zurzal maug tharat ash hogor krularz-udârsharz sharzash... |  
-| King Arthur   | Yes, I see... | | +| King Arthur   | Yes, I see... | Akh, dakin... | 
-| Dennis        | ... by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs... | | +| Dennis        | ... by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs... | ash marmulsirzi ghung bild nâdûrz foigarz...  | 
-| King Arthur   | Be quiet! | | +| King Arthur   | Be quiet! | Kul ghil! | 
-| Dennis        | ... but by a two thirds majority in the case of more... | | +| Dennis        | ... but by a two thirds majority in the case of more... | ... ap krul krigûrz marmirzi ghung makar... | 
-| King Arthur   | Be quiet! I //order// you to be quiet! | | +| King Arthur   | Be quiet! I //order// you to be quiet! | Kul ghil! Da//kazh//am kulat ghil! | 
-| Peasant Woman | "Order", eh? Who does he think he is? | | +| Peasant Woman | "Order", eh? Who does he think he is? | "Kazh", uh? Ta ûs takul mash? | 
-| King Arthur   | I am your king. | | +| King Arthur   | I am your king. | Dakul arngib. | 
-| Peasant Woman | Well, I didn't vote for you. | | +| Peasant Woman | Well, I didn't vote for you. | Bhog, danaromguz fizûr. | 
-| King Arthur   | You don't vote for kings. | | +| King Arthur   | You don't vote for kings. | Ginaromgok arnûr. | 
-| Peasant Woman | Well, how'd you become king, then? | | +| Peasant Woman | Well, how'd you become king, then? | Bhog, dai marz fithôluz arn? | 
-| King Arthur   | The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. //That// is why I am your king. | | +| King Arthur   | The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. //That// is why I am your king. | Dûrnizum Rinkumob, bazg nab pîlkaga samindumsha foigaz tindug, unruzâ talarz Gurdgrishal paldumbo nînob, tanug drothakurmirzi bâlûrz zamash da, Arthur, kuz kolat Gurdgrishal. //Zîgûr// dakul arngib. | 
-| Dennis        | Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. | | +| Dennis        | Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. | Kazb. Nizrâz kâtug ainor sorkhug lag kulû nar bukh ash mogshrinkurmûr durburmob. Bal krampûrz talûrzaz sirâ ash kazhurmbo za haitbo, agh nar mûd dhak nînûrz dhîlautûrz. | 
-| King Arthur   | Be quiet! | | +| King Arthur   | Be quiet! | Kul ghil! | 
-| Dennis        | You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! | | +| Dennis        | You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! | Finarpâsh darbut gazgat bal krampûrz talûrzaz tug taitaga mûd hrupaukniz nînsi afuzâ ash lag fizu! | 
-| King Arthur   | Shut up! | | +| King Arthur   | Shut up! | Gukrîm! | 
-| Dennis        | I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! | | +| Dennis        | I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! | Da idr, ghung da ukhulg kurnarz gashnug dakul ash durbal tug zîgah zamash mûd mizgaga nizdauk sornuzâ ash naig dazu, tak gaithulgiz bo! | 
-| King Arthur   | Shut up! Will you shut up?! | | +| King Arthur   | Shut up! Will you shut up?! | Gukrîm! Fimargukrubîm? | 
-| Dennis        | Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system! | | +| Dennis        | Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system! | Ah, zil dak kin gorurm hinbug mogshrinkhurmishi! | 
-| King Arthur   | Shut up! | | +| King Arthur   | Shut up! | Gukrîm! | 
-| Dennis        | Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being repressed! | | +| Dennis        | Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being repressed! | Oh! Skât agh kin gorurm hinbug mogshrinkhurmishi! | 
-| King Arthur   | Bloody Peasant! | | +| King Arthur   | Bloody Peasant! | Ghorûrz snaga! | 
-| Dennis        | Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear thet? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn't you? | |+| Dennis        | Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn't you? | Oh, amash traumurm! Fimarkozuz zîg? Fimarkozuz zîg, oh? Zîg kulâ gus amash dagashn! Fimarkin zamash takrusanguziz? Fikinuzan, mar? |
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