bil

noun. bird

A word for “bird” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing next to G. bilinc “sparrow”, but this word was deleted and the gloss for bilinc was expanded to “a small bird, especially sparrow” (GL/22-23). The form bil appeared in a couple other places in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/23, 31), but seems to represent a “root” rather than a word. Tolkien indicated bil was derived from ᴱ✶du̯il (GL/31), but the exact mechanism whereby du̯- became b- isn’t clear, but a similar change is seen in 1920s ᴱ✶du̯ag- > ᴱT. baga- “beat” and ᴱ✶tu̯ak- > ᴱQ. pak- “apply, attach” (PE14/66).

bilin(c)

noun. small bird, sparrow

biltha-

verb. to flutter, flit

sôr

noun. wave, billow

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a wave, billow” (GL/68). Given the latter gloss it seems to apply to wind as well as water.

mictha-

verb. to kiss, bill

aigli

noun. bird

cailtha-

verb. to kiss

cailthi

noun. kiss

felcha-

verb. to equal

felectha-

verb. to make equal, equalize

felegra-

verb. to equal

felegrin

adjective. equable

feltha-

verb. to resemble, seem like; to seem likely, be probable

felthadrin

adjective. probable