Early Primitive Elvish
kisi
root. cut, split
Derivatives
- Eq. kisin “cleft” ✧ QL/047
Element in
- Eq. kirkis “cleft, crack” ✧ QL/047
kirisi
root. cut, split
Derivatives
Variations
- KIRI ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth
kiði
root. cut, split
Derivatives
Element in
Variations
- KIŘI ✧ QL/047
kiři
root. cut, split
faka Speculative
root. cut
Derivatives
A hypothetical early root to explain words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as G. fag- “cut” and G. fanc “cut” (GL/33). It might be related to ᴱ√FḶKḶ “cleave, hew”. There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.