Gnomish
cwas-
verb. to shake, wag, nod, flap
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!
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!
cwas-
verb. to shake, wag, nod, flap
The verb G. cwas- “wag, shake, flap (tr.)” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√QASA and cognate to ᴱQ. qasa- “shake, flap, nod, rustle” (QL/76). On another page in GL Tolkien had G. cwas- or cwath- glossed “shake, nod, wag. tr. & intr.”, and another verb G. cwathra- “shake (intr.)” (GL/28).
Neo-Sindarin: Since I retain ᴺQ. quas- “shake” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt the above verbs for purposes of Neo-Sindarin as well. Fiona Jallings suggested ᴺS. pasta- in a 2021-03-04 conversation on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) with the usual Sindarin sound change of ancient *kw* to *p*, and I’ve adopted this verb form for the meanings “to shake, wag, nod, flap” as an updated version of G. cwas-.