Gnomish
gontha
noun. pillar, stele, memorial
gontha
noun. boy
taul
noun. pillar
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gontha
noun. pillar, stele, memorial
gontha
noun. boy
taul
noun. pillar
A noun appearing as G. gontha- “a pillar, stele, memorial” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. gonn “stone” (GL/41). The reason for the “-” at the end of the word is unclear. This word was originally G. gontha- “boy”.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would update this word to ᴺS. gonnoth “pillar, stele, memorial” with the augmentative suffix -oth, so originally “✱great stone”.