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Gnomish

alm

noun. back (from shoulder to shoulder), shoulders

Cognates

  • Eq. almo “shoulder(s), back”

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶alđam- ✧ GL/19; LT2A/Egalmoth; PE13/109
    • ᴱ√ALA “spread‽”

Element in

  • G. Egalmoth “Broadshoulder, Broad-back” ✧ GL/19; LT2A/Egalmoth
  • G. egelmion “broadshouldered”

Variations

  • aldum ✧ GL/19 (aldum)
  • alaf ✧ PE13/109
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alos

noun. forest

A noun for “forest” the Gnomish Lexicon with an archaic variant †aloth, apparently an elaboration of G. âl “wood” (GL/19). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it appeared as ᴱN. aulos “forest”, but this word was deleted (PE13/137).

Element in

  • G. goloth “forest” ✧ LT2A/Golosbrindi

Variations

  • aloth ✧ GL/19 (aloth); LT2A/Golosbrindi (aloth)
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alm(oth)

noun. forest

Variations

  • alm ✧ GL/19 (alm)
  • almoth ✧ GL/19 (almoth)

gawlas

noun. forest

goloth

noun. forest

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “forest”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- (GL/41). This is likely a combination of ᴱ✶ŋu̯a “together” and some elaboration of the root ᴱ√ALA “spread”, the basis of “tree” words, so probably originally “✱together spread(ing)”. In The Gnomish Grammar it had the form gôloth (GG/8) and in Gnomish Lexicon Slips the form gawlas derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgwa-alassa (PE13/114).

Cognates

  • Eq. málos “forest” ✧ GL/41; LT2A/Golosbrindi

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- > gwōloth > goloth[ŋgʷāloθ] > [gʷāloθ] > [gʷōloθ] > [gōloθ] > [goloθ]✧ GL/41
ᴱ✶gwā-alassē > gawlas[gwālassē] > [gawlas]✧ PE13/114

Variations

  • gôloth ✧ GG/08; GL/19
  • gawlas ✧ PE13/114
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