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

gwegri

noun. manhood (time or state)

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “manhood” referring to both “time and state”, an abstract noun formation based on G. gweg “man” (GL/44).

gwegrin

adjective. masculine

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “masculine”, an adjectival form of G. gweg “man” (GL/44).