Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

naptha-

verb. to seize

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “seize” (GL/59), apparently derived from the early root ᴱ√NAPA which was a variant of ᴱ√MAPA “seize” (QL/59, 64).