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!

Gnomish

rib

noun. shore; stripe, line; border, fringe

Gnomish [GL/25; GL/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ribin

adjective. striped, edged

ribrog

noun. zebra

theres

noun. tie, ribbon

A word appearing as G. theres “a tie, ribbon” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on G. ther- “to tie” (GL/72).

Neo-Sindarin: In Tolkien’s later writing, √THER meant “sew”, but I think ᴺS. theres “ribbon” could still be based on the later meaning of this root.

raibrog

noun. zebra

The word for “zebra” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s was raibrog or ribrog with a feminine variant raibros, a combination of G. raib “striped” and G. brog “horse” (GL/64).

Neo-Sindarin: I’d adapt this word as ᴺS. raebroch for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, using the later word S. roch for “horse”.

Gnomish [GL/64; GL/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dairion

adjective. merry

rimin

adjective. striped, edged

sitha

noun. fly

A word for “fly” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/68), perhaps related to the early root ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” (QL/43).

Gnomish [GL/68; LT1A/Gong] Group: Eldamo. Published by