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Gnomish

nand

noun. field acre

Cognates

  • Eq. nan “woodland, *land”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NAÐA “*plain” ✧ LT1A/Nandini

Element in

  • G. nandir “fay of the country” ✧ GL/59; LT1A/Nandini
  • G. Nan Dumgorthin “Land of the Dark Idols” ✧ LT1A/Nandini
  • G. Nan Tathrin “Land of Willows”
  • G. nandor “farmer” ✧ GL/59; LT1A/Nandini
  • G. nandri “the country (as opposed to town)” ✧ GL/59

Variations

  • nann ✧ GL/59
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nann

noun. field acre

redhos

noun. land

tumli

noun. dale

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a dale” (GL/72), probably a derivative of the early root ᴱ√TUM(B)U as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Tombo; QL/95).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUM(B)U “‽” ✧ LT1A/Tombo
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tûm

noun. valley

Changes

  • tum → tûm “valley” ✧ GL/71

Cognates

  • Eq. tumbo “dale, vale” ✧ LT1A/Tombo

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUM(B)U “‽” ✧ LT1A/Tombo

Element in

  • G. tumbol “valley-like, hollow, excavated” ✧ GL/71; LT1A/Tombo
  • G. Tumladin “Valley of Smoothness” ✧ LT1A/Tombo

Variations

  • tum ✧ GL/71 (tum)
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