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Gnomish

ada

noun. daddy

(n)ada

noun. daddy, father

Changes

  • adi(n)adi ✧ GL/17
  • ada(n)ada ✧ GL/17

Cognates

  • Eq. atta “father (child’s word)”

Derivations

Variations

  • (n)adi ✧ GL/17
  • adi ✧ GL/17 (adi); GL/59
  • ada ✧ GL/17 (ada); GL/59
  • nada ✧ GL/59
Gnomish [GL/17; GL/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by

adi

noun. daddy

le

preposition. and

ador

noun. father

Cognates

  • Eq. atar “father”

Derivations

bâb

noun. father

A word for “father” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/111). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s itself, G. babi or baba was “mummy, mamma” (GL/21, 57). As pointed out by Gilson, Welden, Hostetter and Wynne, there is a complementary change of {nân “father” >>} G. nân “mother” elsewhere in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/115).

nathon

noun. father

Element in

  • G. nathanwi “fatherhood” ✧ GL/17 (athonri); GL/59

Variations

  • athon ✧ GL/17 (athon)
Gnomish [GL/17; GL/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by