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Gnomish

or

preposition and adverb. (av.) on, on top; (prep.) on, onto

Cognates

  • Eq. or “on; above, upon” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë
Gnomish [GL/63; LT1A/Kalormë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orthi

adverb. up

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising”

el

conjunction. or

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ELE “?wonder”

Element in

  • G. eleg “other, else” ✧ GL/32
  • G. elfel “different, like something else” ✧ GL/32

eltha

adverb. or, otherwise

Changes

  • elga/elthaeltha¹ “only; (av.) once only” ✧ GL/32

Elements

WordGloss
ELE“?wonder”
-tha“noun or adjective suffix”

Variations

  • eltha¹ ✧ GL/32
  • elga/eltha ✧ GL/32 (elga/eltha)

o-

conjunction. he

Element in

  • G. o·gwath lemp nin “he beckons, (lit.) he wags a finger at me” ✧ GL/53 (o·gwath lemp nin*)

Variations

  • ✧ GL/53 ()

adjective. high

Cognates

  • Eq. “high; high above, high up” ✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári; LT1A/Taniquetil
  • ᴱ✶dagá ✧ PE13/112; PE13/112
    • ᴱ√DAHA “*high”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TAHA > [daxā] > [daxa] > [dā]✧ LT1A/Qalmë-Tári
ᴱ✶daga- > da[dagā] > [daga] > [daɣa] > [dā]✧ PE13/112
ᴱ✶dagain > dagīn > dain[dagain] > [dagīn] > [daɣīn] > [dain]✧ PE13/112

Variations

  • da ✧ PE13/112
Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Qalmë-Tári; LT1A/Taniquetil; PE13/112] Group: Eldamo. Published by

on

pronoun. he

Element in

Gnomish [GL/51; GL/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by