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Gnomish

mem

noun. mouth

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ “‽”

gogail

noun. mouth

A noun appearing as G. gogel “mouth” in The Gnomish Grammar (GG/8) and as {gogel >} gogíl or gogail “mouth” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/40). In the latter document, Tolkien said it was a combination of G. go- “together” and G. cail “lip”, from more archaic forms gwa-caíl, gwa-cil. An unrelated word G. mem “mouth” also appeared in Gnomish Lexicon (GL/57), perhaps related to G. beg “chin” which Tolkien connected to ᴱQ. “(closed) mouth” = “the two lips” (GL/57; QL/72).

Neo-Sindarin: I’ve used these Gnomish words as the inspiration for a neologism ᴺS. gobem “mouth”, based on the (neologism) ᴺS. pemp “lip”, where the reduction of -mp to -m finally is an irregular assimilation to the preceding voiced b: -mp > -mb > -m.

Elements

WordGloss
gwa-“together, in one; with”
cail“lip”

Variations

  • gogel ✧ GG/08
  • gogìl ✧ GL/40
  • gwa-caíl ✧ GL/40 (gwa-caíl)
  • gwa-cil ✧ GL/40 (gwa-cil)
  • gògil ✧ GL/40 (gògil)
Gnomish [GG/08; GL/24; GL/40] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gogel

noun. mouth

gogìl

noun. mouth