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Gnomish

bad

noun. path

Cognates

  • Eq. van “way, path”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VAHA “*depart, travel”

Element in

  • G. badweg “traveller; pedlar” ✧ GL/21 (badweg)
  • G. Bad Uthwen “Way of Escape”

Variations

  • bad ✧ GL/21 (bad)

path

noun. peel, skin of fruit, fine bark (paper)

A word appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with glosses “peel, skin of fruit, fine bark (paper)” (GL/63), hence probably related to ᴱQ. parma “skin, bark; parchment; book” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√PARA [✱PAÐA] (QL/72). Its plural form as padhin, indicating a primitive form of ✱pað- where the final ð became th as usual in Gnomish.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PARA “*peel”

taloth

noun. (foot)path

taleg

noun. (foot)path

Element in

  • G. Taleg Uthwen “Way of Escape” ✧ GL/69; LT2A/Talceleb

Variations

  • taloth ✧ GL/69; LT2A/Talceleb
Gnomish [GL/69; LT2A/Talceleb] Group: Eldamo. Published by

haid

noun. way, road, path

haig

noun. way, road, path

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HAYA “go, fare”

Variations

  • haid ✧ GL/47

int

noun. way, path, track

Variations

  • int ✧ GL/51
  • iltha ✧ GL/51 (iltha)

rada

noun. track, path, way

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RATA “*path” ✧ GL/64

Element in

Gnomish [GL/31; GL/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. mark, line; track; path

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TEHE “‽pull” ✧ GL/69
Gnomish [GL/68; GL/69; GL/71] Group: Eldamo. Published by