budhulug

noun. dragonfly

A neologism for “dragonfly” coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of S. budhu “large fly” and S. lhûg “snake”, inspired by G. sithaling “fly snake, dragonfly” (GL/68).

Elements

Word	Gloss
budhu	“large fly”
lhûg	“reptile, snake, serpent, worm, reptile, snake, serpent, worm, *lizard; [N.] dragon”