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Gnomish

lôm

noun. gloom, shade

Changes

  • lôm → lôm “pool, sl...” ✧ GL/54

Cognates

  • Eq. lóme “dusk, gloom, darkness; shadow, cloud” ✧ LT1A/Hisilómë
  • Eq. laume “storm, overcast sky” ✧ QL/051

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶loume ✧ GL/54; QL/051
    • ᴱ√LOMO “*lurk; shadow” ✧ QL/051
  • ᴱ√LOMO “*lurk; shadow” ✧ LT1A/Hisilómë

Element in

  • G. Gwerlum “Gloomweaver” ✧ LT1A/Gwerlum
  • G. lomiol “dismal” ✧ GL/54
  • G. lómin “shady, shadowy, gloomy; gloom(iness)” ✧ GL/54; LT1A/Hisilómë; QL/051

Phonetic Developments

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ᴱ✶lou̯me > lôm[loume] > [lōme] > [lōm]✧ GL/54
Gnomish [GL/54; LT1A/Gwerlum; LT1A/Hisilómë; QL/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by