Gnomish
cintha-
verb. to light, set alight
Derivations
- ᴱ√KṆÐṆ “shine”
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A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to light, set alight” with past form canthi (GL/26), probably based on the early root ᴱ√KṆŘṆ [KṆÐṆ] “shine” (QL/47) since ancient short ṇ became in but long ṇ̄ became an and ð became th before a consonant.