Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

hilwed

adjective. adolescent

A set of similar words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “adolescent”, with variations {hildrin >>} hilwed, hithadrin and hilon, all based on the early root ᴱ√χili (GL/49). The last of these, hilon, might be a noun rather than an adjective.

Changes

  • hildrin → hilwed ✧ GL/49

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ GL/49

Variations

  • hilon ✧ GL/49
  • hildrin ✧ GL/49 (hildrin)
  • hithadrin ✧ GL/49

hilon

adjective. adolescent