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

-gen

suffix. *earth

An unglossed suffix in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, final element of G. grosgen “soil”, and cognate to ᴱQ. kēmi “earth, soil, land” (GL/42), and so probably derived from the root ᴱ√KEME “soil” (QL/46).

Gnomish [GL/42; LT1A/Kémi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gen

noun. closed hand, grip

-a

suffix. genitive suffix

Gnomish [GG/10; GL/17] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-n

suffix. genitive suffix

gwinta-

verb. to see

ior

noun. eagle

An archaic word for “eagle” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to ᴱQ. ea(r) of the same meaning (GL/51), though the exact correspondence (and sound changes) are not clear.

Gnomish [GL/51; LT1A/Eärendel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ioroth

noun. eagle

A word for “eagle” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of archaic G. †ior “eagle” of the same meaning (GL/51).

Gnomish [GL/51; LT1A/Eärendel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mútha-

verb. to depart, go, leave; (c. gen.) to leave the place of or time of speaker; to go forward

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with various glosses: “depart, go, leave”, “c. gen. leave the place of, time of, speaker”, and “go forward” (GL/58). Below it Tolkien wrote another word G. mu whose gloss may be “flow” or “from” according to the editors. This mu may be the basis of the verb mútha-, especially if mu means “from”.

thorn

noun. eagle

Gnomish [GL/73; LT1A/Sorontur] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thê-

verb. to see