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Gnomish

ulug

noun. dragon

Cognates

  • Eq. lóke “snake, dragon” ✧ GL/74

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LOKO “twine, twist, curl” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë

Element in

  • G. fuithlug “dragon (who guards treasure)” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë
  • G. uluch “she-dragon” ✧ GL/74

Variations

  • ulug ✧ GL/74; LT2A/Foalókë
Gnomish [GL/74; LT2A/Foalókë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lûg

noun. snake

Cognates

  • Eq. lóke “snake, dragon” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë; PE15/28; PE13/105

Element in

  • G. fenlug “snake” ✧ GL/34 (fenlug)

Variations

  • lug ✧ GL/34 (lug)
  • Lûg ✧ LT2A/Foalókë; PE15/28
  • Lug ✧ PE13/105
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fenlug

noun. snake

Variations

  • fenlog ✧ GL/34 (fenlog)

lingos

noun. snake

Cognates

lingwir

noun. dragon

Cognates

elt

noun. dig, poke (probe), tug, lug

Changes

  • elt → elt “a dig, a poke (probe), a tug, lug” ✧ GL/32

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ELE “drive, push, thrust, send forth”

Variations

  • elt ✧ GL/32 (elt)

elta-

verb. to draw, tug, lug; to thrust, dig, poke (inward)

Changes

  • elta- → eltha-² “draw, tug, lug” ✧ GL/32
  • elta- → elta- “to thrust, dig, poke (inward)” ✧ GL/32

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ELE “drive, push, thrust, send forth”

Variations

  • eltha- ✧ GL/32 (eltha-)

fent

noun. snake

A word for “snake” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, along with a deleted variant fenlug (fenlog-) (GL/34), the latter probably a combination with G. lûg “snake”. It was clearly a cognate of ᴱQ. fent “serpent” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/38).

Cognates

  • Eq. fent “serpent, dragon”

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Fenthur “King of Serpents” ✧ GL/34