Quenya 

cirma

noun. knife

A word for “knife” attested only as an element in cirmacin “knife-edge” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 (PE22/149). This “knife” word is probably a combination of √KIR “cut” with the instrumental suffix ✶-mā, so more literally a “cut-tool”.

Sindarin 

cerf

noun. knife

A neologism for “knife” whose form was suggested by Vyacheslav Stepanov on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) in 2023-09-03. It is a cognate of the 1969 word Q. cirma “knife” that can serve as a (possible) replacement for [N.] sigil “dagger, knife”. I personally think these words can coexist, along with S. sigil “necklace”.

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

sigil

knife

sigil (i higil, o sigil) (dagger), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.

sigil

knife

(i higil, o sigil) (dagger), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.


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Gnomish

crî

noun. knife