(noun) thost (pl. thyst) _(VT46:19)__;
Quenya
nusta
verb. smell
ñol-
smell
nus
noun. smell
Sindarin
nosta-
verb. to smell
thost
smell
thost
smell
(pl. thyst) (VT46:19)
Noldorin
thost
noun. smell
thost
noun. smell
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!
Qenya
nusta-
verb. to smell [something]
Early Primitive Elvish
fawa
root. smell
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “smell” along with several Qenya derivatives, most unglossed (QL/37). It seems this was a neutral “smell” root based on words in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, such as G. faust “smell, odour (neither pleasant nor unpleasant)” (GL/34). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Early Quenya
nus
noun. smell
Middle Primitive Elvish
ñol-
noun. smell
ñol- noun "smell" (VT45:5); strengthened aññol, q.v. Possibly ñol- should be regarded as simply the root underlying olmë, q.v.