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

no

adverb. then, next, again; then, after(wards)

Cognates

  • Eq. “after (of place), behind; after (only of time); than”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NO(WO) “ahead, in front; after of time, tomorrow”

Element in

Variations

  • ✧ GL/61
Gnomish [GL/51; GL/61] Group: Eldamo. Published by

na-

verb. to be

Changes

  • nithi ✧ GL/58

Cognates

  • Eq. ná- “to be, exist”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ “be, exist”

Element in

Variations

  • na-¹ ✧ GL/58
  • ni ✧ GL/58 (ni)
Gnomish [GG/09; GL/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ub

adjective. no, none

Derivations

  • ᴱ√Ū “not”

untha

adverb/adjective. no, none

Derivations

  • ᴱ√Ū “not”

u

adverb. no, not, nor

Derivations

  • ᴱ√Ū “not”

Element in

Variations

  • u – u ✧ GL/73
Gnomish [GL/47; GL/52; GL/53; GL/73] Group: Eldamo. Published by

a-

prefix. ?

Element in

  • G. abair “victory”
  • G. abont “back; backwards”
  • G. aglar “glory”
  • G. agrech “contempt”
  • G. agrectha- “to despise, contemn”
  • G. arog “swift, rushing, torrential”
  • G. alewthion “having fingers”
  • G. alepthog “fingered, having fingers”
  • G. amabwed “having hands”
  • G. abod “again; in return, in exchange; back”

Variations

  • ✧ GL/17