tolkienlanguages1-5  Exercise 3: The Greeting Taken Apart
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  Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo

  elen         star
  síla         shines (the timeless form of sil-)
  lúmenn'      lúme (hour) + allative -nna: "to / on the hour"
  omentielvo   omentie (meeting) + -lva (our) + genitive -o: "of our meeting"

"A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

macilya: macil "sword" + the possessive suffix, the same pattern as eleninya
("my star"). A possessive ending on a noun marks the owner, so macilya
means "his or her sword" (the -(r)ya ending, "his/her").