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Gnomish

ai

interjection. oh!

Cognates

  • Eq. ai “o!, ha!”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA “honour, revere”

Variations

  • Ai ✧ GL/17

cwam

adjective. ill

A word glossed {“sick, unwell” >>} “ill” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28). In an earlier but deleted version of the entry it was connected to adjective ᴱQ. qamba, and hence it was based on the early root ᴱ√QAMA (QL/76).

Changes

  • cwam → cwam “sick, unwell” ✧ GL/28

Cognates

  • Eq. qamba “unwell, sick” ✧ GL/28

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QAMA “*sick”
Gnomish [GL/26; GL/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

don

pronoun. who

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DO “*interrogative base” ✧ GL/30