gwachon

noun. (sworn) brother, associate

A neologism for “(sworn) brother, associate” coined by Elaran in 2022 as a replacement for [N.] gwador of the same meaning. It is a combination of gwa- “together” and hawn “brother” (a later word for N. tôr “brother”) with au > o as usual in compounds. I personally prefer to retain gwador and the root ᴹ√TOR for non-blood-related brothers; see the entry on the root ᴹ√TOR for further discussion.

gwachonas

noun. union, association, fellowship, society

gwadoras

noun. union, association, fellowship, society

A neologism for “union, association, fellowship, society” created by Paul Strack in 2018 to replace G. gadorwen and G. gados from the 1910s, it is an abstract formation from gwador “(sworn) brother, associated”. In 2022 Elaran proposed ᴺS. gwachonas instead based on ᴺS. gwachon and later S. hawn “brother”, but I prefer to retain the Noldorin forms for metaphorical (non-blood related) brothers; see ᴹ√TOR for further discussion.