Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

nath

noun. thing, affair, matter

nathanwi

noun. fatherhood

A word for “fatherhood” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s replacing rejected {athonri}, an elaboration of G. {athon >>} nathon “father” (GL/17, 59).

Gnomish [GL/17; GL/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nathon

noun. father

Gnomish [GL/17; GL/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nathrin

adjective. real; possible (in sense possible to exist or think of)

ador

noun. father

bâb

noun. father

A word for “father” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/111). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s itself, G. babi or baba was “mummy, mamma” (GL/21, 57). As pointed out by Gilson, Welden, Hostetter and Wynne, there is a complementary change of {nân “father” >>} G. nân “mother” elsewhere in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/115).

gwaidhin

noun. web

A word for “web” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ and related to G. gwidh- “weave” (GL/46). It had a deleted variant gwaith².

gwesol

adjective. affable

maiwest

noun. welcome

maiwethrin

adjective. welcome

na-

verb. to be

Gnomish [GG/09; GL/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tathn

noun. number

Gnomish [GL/69; LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuvrin

adjective. acceptable

An adjective appearing as G. tuvrin “acceptable” in the Gnomish Lexicon based on G. tû- “get, receive, take”, followed by -riol indicated a variant form [tuv]riol (GL/71).

tuvriol

adjective. acceptable