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!

Early Primitive Elvish

kiði

root. cut, split

Derivatives

  • Eq. kiri- “to cleave; *to sail”
  • Eq. kinda “splinter” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. kirya “ship, boat”
  • Eq. kirme “cleft, gully” ✧ QL/047

Element in

  • ᴱ√KIRISI “cut, split” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. kirkis “cleft, crack” ✧ QL/047

Variations

  • KIŘI ✧ QL/047
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kisi

root. cut, split

Derivatives

  • Eq. kisin “cleft” ✧ QL/047

Element in

  • Eq. kirkis “cleft, crack” ✧ QL/047
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kiři

root. cut, split

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

kirisi

root. cut, split

Derivatives

  • Eq. kiris “cleft, crack” ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth; QL/047
  • G. crî “knife”
  • G. crisc “sharp” ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth
  • G. cris(s) “cleft, gash, gully, ravine” ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth
  • G. crist “knife; slash, slice” ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth
  • G. crista- “to slash, cut, slice” ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth

Variations

  • KIRI ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth
Early Primitive Elvish [LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth; QL/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

faka Speculative

root. cut

A hypothetical early root to explain words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as G. fag- “cut” and G. fanc “cut” (GL/33). It might be related to ᴱ√FḶKḶ “cleave, hew”. There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

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