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

gob

noun. hollow of hand

Gnomish [GL/40; LT1A/Kópas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gobli

noun. dell

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dell” (GL/40), an elaboration on G. gob “hollow of hand” so perhaps originally meaning “✱hollowness”.

Gnomish [GL/40; LT1A/Kópas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gobos

noun. haven

Gnomish [GL/40; LT1A/Kópas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fionor

masculine name. Goblet Smith

orc

noun. goblin

Gnomish [GL/63; LT1A/Orc; LT2A/Balcmeg; PE13/099; PE13/102; PE15/21; PE15/25] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fion

noun. bowl, goblet

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s for a “bowl” or “goblet” of unclear derivation, an element in G. Fionaur “Goblet Smith”, an early version of the name Fëanor (GL/35).

gôbi

noun. large hound

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s for a “large hound”, appearing as gôbi under G. gab- “bark” (GL/36) but as {gôbi >>} gobi elsewhere in the lexicon (GL/40). It was probably derived from the early root ᴱ√YAPA “snarl” (QL/105), since initial y became g in Gnomish. It had a rejected variant G. hûbi “hound” = + gôbi (GL/49).

Gnomish [GL/36; GL/40; GL/49] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gogail

noun. mouth

A noun appearing as G. gogel “mouth” in The Gnomish Grammar (GG/8) and as {gogel >} gogíl or gogail “mouth” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/40). In the latter document, Tolkien said it was a combination of G. go- “together” and G. cail “lip”, from more archaic forms gwa-caíl, gwa-cil. An unrelated word G. mem “mouth” also appeared in Gnomish Lexicon (GL/57), perhaps related to G. beg “chin” which Tolkien connected to ᴱQ. “(closed) mouth” = “the two lips” (GL/57; QL/72).

Neo-Sindarin: I’ve used these Gnomish words as the inspiration for a neologism ᴺS. gobem “mouth”, based on the (neologism) ᴺS. pemp “lip”, where the reduction of -mp to -m finally is an irregular assimilation to the preceding voiced b: -mp > -mb > -m.

Gnomish [GG/08; GL/24; GL/40] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-vran

suffix. dwelling

A suffixal form of G. brann (GL/24); see S. barthan for discussion.

gwast

noun. dwelling

A noun for “dwelling” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√[[ep|ŋwa[ð]-]] (GL/47).

mem

noun. mouth

-vron

suffix. dwelling

baur

noun. house

gogel

noun. mouth

gogìl

noun. mouth

gold

noun. Gnome

goldobar

place name. Gnomeland

Gnomish [GG/08; GL/41; LT1A/Noldoli] Group: Eldamo. Published by

goldrin

adjective. Gnome

goltha

noun. Gnome

grand

noun. town

gul

noun. Gnome