Name for a race of people in an early name list (PE13/104), apparently a combination of thlim “race”, ith “snow” and mindon “tower”. One of Penlod’s peoples were called the “folk of the Tower of Snow” on LT2/173.
Gnomish
ith
noun. fine snow
ith
noun. anything
itheg
noun. anything
thlim ith mindon
collective name. *Folk of the Tower of Snow
aith
noun. thorn
-ith
suffix. abstract noun
-(o)th
suffix. abstract noun
-os
suffix. abstract noun
-ri
suffix. abstract noun
-eth
suffix. abstract noun
-ios
suffix. abstract noun
ath
pronoun. they, 3rd pl. pronoun
atha
pronoun. they, 3rd pl. pronoun
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fine snow” (GL/42), derived from early root ᴱ√ISI [IÞI] as pointed out by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Isil).