Sindarin 

budhulug

noun. dragonfly

A neologism for “dragonfly” coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of S. budhu “large fly” and S. lhûg “snake”, inspired by G. sithaling “fly snake, dragonfly” (GL/68).

Elements

WordGloss
budhu“large fly”
lhûg“reptile, snake, serpent, worm, reptile, snake, serpent, worm, *lizard; [N.] dragon”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

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Gnomish

sithagong

noun. dragonfly

A word for “dragonfly” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. sitha “fly” and gong a word for “goblin” (GL/41, 68). Tolkien said that the g survived in the compound because it was a new compound, indicating that soft mutation only applied to ancient compounds in Gnomish.

Variations

  • Sithagong ✧ GL/41
Gnomish [GL/41; GL/68; LT1A/Gong] Group: Eldamo. Published by