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Gnomish

rum

noun. noise

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “noise” with variants rum and brum (GL/66), perhaps derived from a variant of the early root ᴱ√RAMA from which ᴱQ. ran (ram-) “noise” was derived (QL/78).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RAMA “*shout”

Element in

  • G. rumla- “to make a noise” ✧ GL/66

Variations

  • brum ✧ GL/66

brum

noun. noise