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sing
noun. salt
Cognates
- Eq. singe “salt”
Element in
- G. singrin “salt” ✧ GL/67
Elements
Word Gloss SIŊI “‽”
lemfarilt
noun. ring
lir-
verb. to sing
Derivations
- ᴱ√LIÐI “sing” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos
Element in
- G. lillir “a song, lullaby” ✧ GL/54
singrin
adjective. salt
A word appearing as G. singrin “salt (aj.)” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjective form of G. sing “salt” (GL/67).
Neo-Sindarin: I’d adapt this word as ᴺS. singren “salt[y]” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin using a more common Sindarin adjective suffix.
Elements
Word Gloss sing “salt” -(r)in “adjective suffix”
gling
noun. music
Changes
gling→ gling “musical” ✧ GL/39Derivations
- ᴱ√LIÐI “sing”
Element in
rala-
verb. to sing, carol, trill
lul-
verb. to sing, hum a lullaby
Element in
- G. lulwi “a lullaby” ✧ GL/55
A noun appearing as G. sing “salt” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/67), clearly the cognate of ᴱQ. singe “salt” and hence derived from the early root ᴱ√SIŊI (QL/83).
Neo-Sindarin: I’d retain ᴺS. sing “salt” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin as a derivative of the Neo-Root ᴺ√SIÑGI.