Gnomish
gwef
noun. louse
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWEVE “*worm”
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!
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!
gwef
noun. louse
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWEVE “*worm”
A noun appearing as G. gwef “louse” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/45), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√GWEVE from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/103).
Neo-Sindarin: I think this word can be salvaged in Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. gwef “louse” based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√WEB.