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Gnomish

mô

noun. hand

Cognates

  • Eq. má “hand”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ GL/55

Variations

  • mâ ✧ GG/14 (mâ)
Gnomish [GG/14; GL/55; GL/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

moth

noun. sheep

A noun for “sheep” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {mô >>} moth (GL/58), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√MAWA “cry, bleat” that was the basis for “sheep” words in Early Qenya (QL/060).

Changes

  • mô → moth “sheep” ✧ GL/58
  • mô → moth “sheep” ✧ LT1/247

Cognates

  • Eq. moa “sheep”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAWA “‽cry, bleat”

Element in

  • G. uimoth “whale, (lit.) sheep of the waves” ✧ LT1/247; LT1A/Uin
  • G. mathron “herd, herdsman, shepherd”
  • G. mothweg “shepherd” ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Uin
  • G. moth(in) “1000; †flock” ✧ GL/58

Variations

  • mô ✧ GL/58 (mô); LT1/247 (mô)
Gnomish [GL/58; LT1/247; LT1A/Uin] Group: Eldamo. Published by