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

cuib

adjective. alive

cuibri

noun. vitality

A word for “vitality” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a noun form of G. cuib “alive” (GL/27).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. cuinas “vitality, liveliness”, based on the later adjective [N.] cuin “alive”.

cwivros

noun. awakening

Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Koivië-néni] Group: Eldamo. Published by