Post by Darth Fingon on Feb 27, 2009 10:50:26 GMT -6
Regarding those 'do Elven women feel pain in childbirth' discussions on GoI and LotR Research... Here's a telling note from the Qenya Lexicon, under the root NŌ (relating to birth and being born):
This root was originally explained as "< ŊŌ (cp. OŊO ?)", probably referring to root ONGO- (q.v.) with derivatives meaning 'pain'.