Early Noldorin
pis-
verb. to whisper
hist-
verb. to spit
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!
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!
pis-
verb. to whisper
hist-
verb. to spit
The verb G. cwitha- or [cwi]thra- “murmur, whisper” appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/29), probably based on the early root ᴱ√QISI from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon whose derivatives had to do with whispering (QL/77-78). A similar verb ᴱN. pis- “whispers” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s derived from {ᴱ✶kwist >>} ᴱ✶kwissa- (PE13/152). Another early verb of similar meaning was G. ruitha- “to whisper, rustle”, also from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/66).
Neo-Sindarin: Tolkien’s later writings had N. floss “whispering or rustling sound” which I adapted as ᴺS. lhoss, so I would replace the early verbs above with ᴺS. lhossa- “to whisper, rustle”.