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Gnomish

im

noun. fairy

Cognates

  • Eq. Inwir “Kindred of Inwë” ✧ GL/32; GL/51; LT1A/Inwir; PE13/099; PE14/009

Derivations

  • ᴱ√INI “small”

Element in

  • G. inweg “*fairy (male)” ✧ GL/51
  • G. inwin “*fairy (female)” ✧ GL/51

Variations

  • Im ✧ LT1A/Inwir
Gnomish [GL/32; GL/51; LT1A/Inwir; PE13/099; PE14/009] Group: Eldamo. Published by

i

article. the

Derivations

  • ᴱ√I “here it is, root of relatives” ✧ GG/07

Element in

Variations

  • ✧ GG/09; GL/44; GL/50
  • in· ✧ GG/09
  • i(n) ✧ GL/59
Gnomish [GG/07; GG/09; GG/11; GG/12; GG/15; GL/17; GL/34; GL/44; GL/49; GL/50; GL/59; GL/64; GL/65; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; PE13/093; PE13/095; PE13/117] Group: Eldamo. Published by

im(b)

masculine name. Im(b)

Changes

  • ImInweg ✧ GL/39
  • Gim(b)Im ✧ PE15/28
  • ImInweg ✧ PE15/28

Cognates

  • Eq. Inwe ✧ GL/51; LT1A/Inwithiel; PE13/103; PE13/105

Variations

  • Im ✧ GL/39 (Im); GL/51; GL/51 (Im); LT1A/Inwithiel; PE15/28 (Im)
  • Imb ✧ PE13/103; PE13/105
  • Gim(b) ✧ PE15/28 (Gim(b))
Gnomish [GL/39; GL/51; LT1A/Inwithiel; PE13/103; PE13/105; PE15/28] 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

tûm

noun. valley

Changes

  • tumtûm “valley” ✧ GL/71

Cognates

  • Eq. tumbo “dale, vale” ✧ LT1A/Tombo

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUM(B)U “‽” ✧ LT1A/Tombo

Element in

  • G. tumbol “valley-like, hollow, excavated” ✧ GL/71; LT1A/Tombo
  • G. Tumladin “Valley of Smoothness” ✧ LT1A/Tombo

Variations

  • tum ✧ GL/71 (tum)
Gnomish [GL/71; LT1A/Tombo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dolc

adjective. deep

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ GL/30

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ndolo- > dolc[ndolk] > [ndolx] > [ndolk] > [dolk]✧ GL/30