Gnomish
cwathli
noun. plume, spray, tassel
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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!
cwathli
noun. plume, spray, tassel
A noun appearing as cwathli “plume, spray, tassel” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to G. cwas- “wag, shake, flap” (GL/28) and thus almost certainly derived from the early root ᴱ√QASA which likewise was the basis for “shake” and “plume” words (QL/76). It appeared as cwathil “a plume” on a different page of the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/28).