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Gnomish

alewthion

adjective. having fingers

The word G. alepthog “fingered, having fingers” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of G. leptha “finger” (GL/18). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, it became G. alewthion “having fingers” (PE13/109).

Elements

WordGloss
a-“?”
leptha“finger”
-(i)on“adjectival suffix”