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Gnomish

luista-

verb. to be thirsty; to parch, dry up

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s which can be used transitively for “to parch, dry up” and impersonally to mean “I am thirsty”: luista nin (GL/55). It is based on the early root ᴱ√LOYO (QL/56).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would simply say ni faug for “I [am] thirsty” and would use ᴺS. [G.] thista- for “to dry up” (GL/73).

Cognates

  • Eq. loyo- “be thirsty (impers.)”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LOYO “*thirst, parched”

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