Gnomish
pibin
noun. small berry, haw
Cognates
- Eq. pi(o)pin “haws, fruit of hawthorns”
Derivations
- ᴱ√PINI “*small”
Element in
- G. aibin “cherry (tree)”
- G. mirobin “grape”
- G. pibinaith(ros) “hawthorn” ✧ GL/64
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!
A noun appearing as G. pibin “small berry, haw” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/64), clearly a cognate to ᴱQ. pi(o)pin “fruit of hawthorns, haws” (QL/74).
Neo-Sindarin: The Early Qenya word was related to ᴱ√PINI “✱small” and there is evidence that ✱√PI(N) continued to mean “small” in Tolkien’s later writing. Therefore, I’d retain ᴺS. pibin for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, used of any small berry but more specifically the berries of hawthorns.