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Gnomish

hum-

verb. to sleep, drowze

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sleep, drowze” (GL/49), likely based on the early root {ᴱ√HUMU >>} ᴱ√FUMU “sleep” (QL/39).

Cognates

  • Eq. fum- “to sleep”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FUMU “sleep”

Element in

  • G. humiol “sleepy, drowzy” ✧ GL/49