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

rib

noun. shore; stripe, line; border, fringe

Cognates

  • Eq. rímen “border, shore”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RIPI “a rim”

Element in

  • G. cantrib “square” ✧ GL/25
  • G. raibrog “zebra” ✧ GL/65
  • G. ribin “striped, edged” ✧ GL/65
Gnomish [GL/25; GL/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sitha

noun. fly

A word for “fly” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/68), perhaps related to the early root ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” (QL/43).

Cognates

  • Eq. itse “small fly”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy”

Element in

  • G. sithagong “dragonfly” ✧ GL/68; LT1A/Gong
  • G. sithaling “fly snake, dragonfly” ✧ GL/68
  • G. Sithaloth “Pleiades (lit.) Fly-cluster” ✧ GL/68; LT1A/Gong

Variations

  • sitha ✧ LT1A/Gong
Gnomish [GL/68; LT1A/Gong] Group: Eldamo. Published by