Gnomish
hau-
verb. to lie
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!
hau-
verb. to lie
A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. hau- “lie” based on primitive ᴱ✶haw- (GL/48).
Neo-Sindarin: The root ᴹ√KHAW “rest, lie at ease” appears in Tolkien’s later writings, so I would retain ᴺS. haw- “to lie” as a derivative of this later root, conjugated like S. caw- “taste”: hewin vi chaust “I lie in bed”. I would assume it has the connotation of lying for the purpose of rest and relaxation (“lie at ease”), as opposed to more semantically neutral ᴺS. caeda- “to lie”.