Gnomish
taus
adjective. shaggy
Derivations
- ᴱ✶tou̯ “wool”
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!
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!
taus
adjective. shaggy
Derivations
- ᴱ✶tou̯ “wool”
An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “shaggy” which Tolkien said was related to G. tus (GL/72), likely a reference to tûs- (tausi-) “tease wool, comb out” (GL/69). Both these words may also be connected to ✶tou̯ “wool”; compare ᴱQ. aule “shaggy” < ᴱ√OWO, the basis of “wool” words in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/71).