Sindarin 

last

noun. (sense of) hearing

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lasta “listening, hearing”

Derivations

  • LAS “listen”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Adûnaic

gimli

noun. star (in the sky)

A noun translated “star” (SD/431) or “star (in the sky)” (SD/427), and fully declined on SD/431 as an example of a Strong II noun.

Derivations

Element in

  • Ad. gimlî hazid “seven (of) stars” ✧ SD/427; SD/428
  • Ad. gimlu-nitîr “kindler of a (particular) star” ✧ SD/428
Adûnaic [SD/427; SD/428; SD/431] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Khuzdûl

gimli

masculine name. Gimli

Element in

Khuzdûl [LBI/Gimli; LotRI/Gimli; PE17/071; PMI/Gimli; RSI/Gimli; SDI1/Gimli; TII/Gimli; UTI/Gimli; WRI/Gimli] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Primitive adûnaic

gimil

root. *star

One of the roots Tolkien used to illustrate various processes of Primitive Adûnaic word formation (SD/422-5). It also seems to be the basis of words related to stars, such as gimli.

Derivatives

  • Ad. gimil “(all) stars; ?silver”
  • Ad. gimli “star (in the sky)”
  • Ad. igmil “star-shaped figure”

Variations

  • GIM’L ✧ SD/434
Primitive adûnaic [SD/422; SD/423; SD/425; SD/434] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gimli

masculine name. Gimli

Gnomish [LT2A/Gimli; LT2I/Gimli] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gimli

noun. (sense of) hearing

Element in

Gnomish [GL/38; LT2A/Gimli] Group: Eldamo. Published by

English

Gimli

Gimli

In [], Jim Allan noted that the name Gimli appears once in the Völuspá and three times in the Prose Edda. Allan suggested that Gimli means "One-of-Gimlé/Gimill", where Gimlé/Gimill in the Eddas is a hall of the after-life "inhabited solely by Light-elves" (evoking Gimli's leaving for Aman). However, with the publication of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien in [], Tolkien wrote in a draft letter that Gimli's name comes from a poetic Old Norse word, gimm, presumably meaning "fire".

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