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Gnomish

rum

noun. noise

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “noise” with variants rum and brum (GL/66), perhaps derived from a variant of the early root ᴱ√RAMA from which ᴱQ. ran (ram-) “noise” was derived (QL/78).

rumla-

verb. to make a noise

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “make a noise” with variants rumla- and brumla- (GL/66), perhaps derived from a variant of the early root ᴱ√RAMA from which ᴱQ. ran (ram-) “noise” was derived (QL/78).

brum

noun. noise

brumla-

verb. to make a noise

cwithri

noun. whisper

rui

noun. whisper

Gnomish [GL/66; LT1A/Rúmil] Group: Eldamo. Published by