Gnomish
mal
adjective. mal
mal
noun. paved way, road
mal-
verb. to chew
malon
adjective. yellow
bal
noun. anguish, pain; evilness
culu
noun. gold
glôr
noun. gold
maien
adjective. better
main
adverb. better
mairien
adjective. better
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A verb appearing as G. mal- “to chew” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/56), perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√MALA “crush” (QL/58).
Neo-Sindarin: The root became ᴹ√MBAL in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/MBAL), whose Sindarin derivatives would start with bal- conflicting with later forms like S. bal- “✱to have [divine] power” (PE17/131). For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would use ᴺS. nadh- “to chew, gnaw” from ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” (Ety/NYAD).