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Gnomish

lad

noun. a level, a flat; fair dealing

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LATA “*level, smooth”

Element in

  • G. amlad “surface” ✧ GL/52
  • G. mablad “palm of the hand” ✧ GL/52; LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth
  • G. ladinios “equity” ✧ LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth
  • G. lada- “to smooth out, stroke, caress, soothe, beguile” ✧ LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth
  • G. ladin “level, smooth; fair, equitable” ✧ LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth
  • G. ladwen “levelness, flatness; plain, heath; plane; surface” ✧ GL/52; LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth
Gnomish [GL/52; LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bladwen

noun. plain

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a plain” (GL/23), probably derived from the root ᴱ√PALA “flatness” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Palúrien; QL/071).

Gnomish [GL/23; LT1A/Palúrien; LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nogin

noun. boy, lad, urchin

A noun appearing as G. nogin “boy, lad, urchin” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/61); its derivation is unclear since no nearby words seem to be related, but it could be a variation on G. naug “a dwarf” (GL/59).

Neo-Sindarin: I think this word may be salvageable as Neo-Sindarin ᴺS. nogen, reinterpretted as a derivative of the root √NUK “stunted”, originally an adjective ✱nukina used to refer to short persons or children in a less-than-flattering way. Given its glosses, I would use this word mainly for a mischievous or irritating male child; for a more ordinary word for “boy”, I’d instead use S. ion(n).

unath

noun. nothing

gontha

noun. boy

Changes

  • gontha-gontha- “a boy” ✧ GL/41

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • gontha- ✧ GL/41 (gontha-)
  • gontha ✧ GL/54 (gontha)
Gnomish [GL/41; GL/54] Group: Eldamo. Published by

unt

noun. nothing

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√Ū “not”

Variations

  • unath ✧ GL/74