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Gnomish

dortha-

verb. to settle

Cognates

  • Eq. sorto- “to set, settle”

Elements

WordGloss
ÐORO“sit”
-tha“verb suffix”

mara-

verb. to dwell

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MBARA “dwell, live” ✧ GL/56

Variations

  • (m)bara ✧ GL/56

(m)bara-

verb. to dwell

gwadh-

verb. to dwell

A verb appearing as G. gwadh- “dwell” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with a (deleted) primitive form gu̯ađ (GL/46), likely an allusion to the early root ᴱ√ẆAÐA from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/102). In that document, Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as {gwath- >>} gwar-, however, which might align with the deleted primitive form ᴱ✶gu̯ara- “dwell” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/38).

Changes

  • gwath- → gwar- ✧ QL/102

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ẆAÐA “dwell” ✧ GL/46; QL/102

Element in

  • G. gwadhril “inhabitant (f.)” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwadhron “inhabitant (m.)” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwadhra “habitable” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯ađ > gwadh-[gwað-]✧ GL/46

Variations

  • gwar- ✧ QL/102
  • gwath- ✧ QL/102 (gwath-)
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