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Gnomish

gaul

noun. light

gaul

noun. burden

Cognates

  • Eq. yulu- “to carry” ✧ GL/38

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DYULU “*carry, bear” ✧ GL/38

Element in

  • G. gulin “patient, enduring, long suffering; (lit.) burdened” ✧ GL/38
  • G. ômgulin “patient” ✧ GL/62

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√dyulu > gaul[dʲūl] > [gūl] > [gaul]✧ GL/38

Variations

  • gaul ✧ GL/38; GL/43; GL/43; GL/62
Gnomish [GL/38; GL/43; GL/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gal(a)

noun. daylight, light

Changes

  • gâlagala ✧ GL/37
  • gălgăla ✧ GL/38
  • gawlgâl “a light” ✧ PE13/114

Cognates

  • Eq. kala “light, daytime (sunlight), 12 hours” ✧ GL/37
  • Eq. kále “morning” ✧ PE13/114

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Galaduir “Sun” ✧ PE13/114
  • G. galwed “brilliant, shining” ✧ PE13/114
  • G. galwen “brilliance” ✧ PE13/114
  • G. galoth “window, *(lit.) light hole” ✧ GL/37

Variations

  • gala ✧ GL/37; GL/41
  • gâla ✧ GL/37 (gâla)
  • găla ✧ GL/38
  • găl ✧ GL/38
  • gâl ✧ PE13/114
  • gaul ✧ PE13/114
  • gawl ✧ PE13/114 (gawl)
Gnomish [GL/37; GL/38; GL/41; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ulug

noun. wolf

gûm

noun. burden

Cognates

  • Eq. kúme “pile, heap; load, burden”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KUMU “heap up”

Element in

  • G. gumlaith “weariness of spirit, depression, grief” ✧ GL/43
  • G. gumri “burden (metaphoric), worry, trouble” ✧ GL/43

urc

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/75), likely related to ᴱQ. ulku “wolf” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon derived from the early root ᴱ√ULUKU (QL/97). In the Qenya Lexicon Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as ulug, but in the Gnomish Lexicon the gloss of G. ulug was changed {“wolf” >>} “dragon” (GL/74).

Changes

  • ulugulug “wolf” ✧ GL/74
  • ulugulug “wolf” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë

Cognates

  • Eq. ulku “wolf” ✧ QL/097

Derivations

Element in

  • G. fuithlug “dragon (who guards treasure)” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë (fûlug)

Variations

  • ulug ✧ GL/74 (ulug); LT2A/Foalókë (ulug); QL/097
Gnomish [GL/74; GL/75; LT2A/Foalókë; QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

harog

noun. wolf

Derivations

Variations

  • harw ✧ GL/48; GL/75
Gnomish [GL/48; GL/75] Group: Eldamo. Published by

harw

noun. wolf