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

uch

noun. rain

A noun for “rain” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶ukko (GL/74), probably based on the early root ᴱ√UQU “wet” which had derivatives like ᴱQ. ukku “rainbow” (QL/98).

uchir

noun. recklessness; carelessness; security

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s translated “recklessness; carelessness” but also “security” (GL/74), apparently a negated form of G. hîr “care, anxiety; heed” (GL/49). These seemingly opposite meanings appear to be intentional, since it has adjectival forms G. uchirthol “reckless” and G. uchirin “secure” (GL/74). Perhaps its meaning “security” originally came from “[lack of] security”, and uchirin “secure” is somehow double-negated.

uchirin

adjective. secure

uchirthol

adjective. reckless

noss

noun. rain

noth

noun. rain