Gnomish
nig(la)
noun. mouse
Derivations
- ᴱ√NAQA “steal, take; get by stealth, unlawfully”
Variations
- nig ✧ GL/60
- nigla ✧ GL/60
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The words G. nig and nigla “a mouse” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s above the verbs G. nigla- “thieve” and G. nig- “steal” (GL/60), probably derived from a variant of the early root ᴱ√NAQA “steal” (QL/64).
Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word into Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. nigol “mouse”, reconceived of as elaboration of √NIK “small”.