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

asc

noun. water

A noun glossed “water” appearing in the Official Name List for the Lost Tales of the 1910s, probably based on the early root ᴱ√ASAKA which was used for words meaning “waterfall” (PE13/101).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ASAKA “*waterfall”

Element in

Variations

  • asc ✧ PE13/101

asc

noun. bone; stone of fruit

asg

noun. bone; stone of fruit

Cognates

  • Eq. as “bone”

Variations

  • asc ✧ GL/20
Gnomish [GL/20; PE13/110] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hûn

noun. bone

A noun for “bone” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, used “especially of men and eldar” (GL/49), as opposed to G. asg “bone” used mostly of animals.

Cognates

Element in

  • G. hûn ar hû “between the dog and his bone” ✧ GL/49
  • G. huniol “bony, rawboned” ✧ GL/49
  • G. lempachùn “wishbone” ✧ GL/53
Gnomish [GL/49; GL/53] Group: Eldamo. Published by