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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2025. Reviewed for language by Dírheron, Lahtaro, Luinyelle, and Raccoon.

Notes

This is a translation of Frank Baum's 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", which is now in the public domain.

Retrieved 2024-04-19, minus pictures, some of which are available through:

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Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
Release Date: February, 1993 [eBook 55]
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum

For the Esperanto version:
Translator: Donald Broadribb
Release date: February 22, 2010 [eBook Most recently updated: January 6, 2021
Language: Esperanto
Credits: Produced by Robert L. Read, James Gilmore, and Bruce Crisp

This is a (partially unreviewed) translation into Quenya by Chaered. More translation notes in /docs/wooznote.pdf on this site. Feedback is welcome!

Note: The author does not wish that this Quenya text be used to train AI.

Name translations: .
Aunt Em = Voriël Peramil (vor- + -iel, from Latin Aemilia meaning "industrious"
Boq = Poco "bag" (...of money)
Cowardly Lion = Úverya Rauro
Dorothy = Valanna (from realelvish.net)
Gayelette = Alanette (ala- + nette), from French Gaye (Lat. Gaius) "cheerful" + -ette (fem.) "little"
Glinda = Failissë (faila + -isse), from Welsh Glinda meaning "fair, good"
King Crow = Aran-Corco
Quelala = Cellala (cel(u)- + lala-), he is a source of laughter
Scarecrow = Corcurco (corco + urco), "bogeyman to the crows"
Tin Woodman = Latúcen Ornendur
Toto = Ilwë (il- + -we), from Latin toto meaning "all-encompassing"
Uncle Henry = Martar Peratar (Martar from realelvish.net)
Wicked Witch of the East = Olca Curuni Rómeno
Wicked Witch of the West = Olca Curuni Númeno
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Kalidah = Calindat/ak- (cal(i)- + ndak), kills what is bright ?
Munchkin = Nauco
Quadling = Quatalino (quat- + lin-), they are plump and prosperous
Winged Monkey = Rámaitë Maimun
Winkie = Malwince (mal(-wa?)- "yellow" + -ince [diminutive])
.
Oz = Óþ
Great Oz = Túra Óþ
Wizard of Oz = Istyar Ózwa
Land of Oz = Nóre Óþwa; Óþnór/nor- (Óþ + -nór)
.
Emerald City = Laimarilinon (laimaril + -non)
Kansas = Hyarveästa (hyar- + vea + -sta), from Kanza-Sioux Kansas meaning "(south) wind people"; also play on Q veasta "comparison"
Omaha = Hansiriën (han- + sir- + -ien(d)), from Omaha-tribe Omaha meaning "(those who) go against the current"

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	I Elmendeä Istyar Óþua	   	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2	--		--
3	Ranta 1. I hwinwaiwa	    	I. The Cyclone
4	Ranta 2. I yomenië ó i Naucor	       	II. The Council with the Munchkins
5	Ranta 3. Manen Valanna rehtanë i Corcurco	       	III. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
6	Ranta 4. I tië ter i taurë	       	IV. The Road Through the Forest
7	Ranta 5. I rehtië i Latúcen Ornenduro	       	V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
8	Ranta 6. I úverya rauro	     	VI. The Cowardly Lion
9	Ranta 7. I lenda i Túra Óþonna	       	VII. The Journey to the Great Oz
10	Ranta 8. I qualmeä lórelot palar	      	VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field
11	Ranta 9. I tári i palar-nyarrincion	      	IX. The Queen of the Field Mice
12	Ranta [. I varno i Andondo	      	X. The Guardian of the Gate
13	Ranta ]. I elmendeä osto Óþo	      	XI. The Wonderful City of Oz
14	Ranta 01. I ceþië i Olca Curuni	       	XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch
15	Ranta 11. I rehtië	    	XIII. The Rescue
16	Ranta 21. I rámaiti maimuni	     	XIV. The Winged Monkeys
17	Ranta 31. I avatupië Óþ, i Rúcima	        	XV. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
18	Ranta 41. I sairina curu i Túra Cuptamo	        	XVI. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
19	Ranta 51. I pusulpeo orosta	     	XVII. How the Balloon Was Launched
20	Ranta 61. Enera hyarmenna	    	XVIII. Away to the South
21	Ranta 71. Nalantainë ló i mahtalë-aldar	      	XIX. Attacked by the Fighting Trees
22	Ranta 81. I netya silcemna nórë	      	XX. The Dainty China Country
23	Ranta 91. I Rauro ola i hravanion aran	        	XXI. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
24	Ranta [1. I nórë i Quatalinóron	      	XXII. The Country of the Quadlings
25	Ranta ]1. Failissë i Manë Curuni amaquatë Valanno mermë	         	XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
26	Ranta 02. Maryë ata	    	XXIV. Home Again

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