Gnomish
sirp
noun. straw
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!
sirp
noun. straw
A word appearing as G. sirp “straw” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s related to G. thripthon “stem” (GL/36, 73). It is likely a cognate of ᴱQ. sirpe “stem, stalk” and hence derived from the early root ᴱ√SIRIPI (QL/84).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I update this early root to ᴺ√THIRIP, so I would adapt this Gnomish was as ᴺS. thirph “straw” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.