isi

root. *know

Derivatives

• ᴱ✶ʒist-
  • En. gist- “to know”
• Eq. isqa “wise” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa; QL/043
• Eq. -issa “language” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa
• Eq. ista- “to know” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa; QL/043
• Eq. isse “knowledge, lore” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa; QL/043
• G. ais “knowledge, wisdom”
• G. ist “feeling, sensation; notion”
• G. ista- “to know, be aware, perceive, feel”

Variations

• ISI ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa
• GIS ✧ QL/043

isi

root. *(light) snow

gisi

root. *know

iþi

root. *(light) snow

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as √ISI² with derivatives having to do with “light snow” and Gnomish variants ith- and gith- indicating the true primitive form ✱(Ʒ)IÞI (QL/43). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

• Eq. is “light snow” ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/043
• Eq. Isil ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/043
• Eq. iska “pale white” ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/043
• G. Githil ✧ QL/043
• G. ith “fine snow” ✧ LT1A/Isil

Variations

• ISI ✧ LT1A/Isil
• ith- ✧ LT1A/Isil
• gith- ✧ LT1A/Isil
• ISI² ✧ QL/043
• ith ✧ QL/043
• gith ✧ QL/043

giþi

root. *(light) snow

aha

root. know

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “know”, but most of its derivatives have to do with “mind” (QL/29). There are quite a few later roots filling this same semantic space, and this root was probably abandoned.

Derivatives

• Eq. â “mind, inner thought” ✧ QL/029
• Eq. akta “notion” ✧ QL/029
• Eq. áma “mind, heart, thought”
• G. ôm “mind, heart, thought”

Variations

• ‘AHA ✧ QL/029

sana Speculative

root. *know

Derivatives

• G. sana- “can; to know how to; to have knowledge, craft or skill”
• G. santhi “knowledge, experience (in) or skill (in)”
• G. sôn “craft, skill”
• G. santha- “to show, declare, point out, make known or clear”