sû

noun. noise of wind

A noun appearing as G. sû “noise of wind” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/68), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Súlimo; QL/86).

Neo-Sindarin: Since Q. sú “sound of wind” appears in Tolkien’s later writings (VT47/12), I think ᴺS. sû “noise of wind” still works for Neo-Sindarin.

sûr

adjective. long, trailing

sûtha-

verb. to blow (of wind)

A verb appearing as G. sûtha- “blow (of wind)” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/68), related to G. sû “noise of wind” and thus probably based on the early root ᴱ√SUH(Y)U (QL/86) as suggested by Christopher Tolkien, though he miswrote this verb as súltha (LT1A/Súlimo).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would update this verb to ᴺS. súda- “to blow (of wind)”, since √SŪ “move with audible sound (of air)” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, but -tha was no longer a common verbal suffix in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s.

sô-

verb. to wash clean, bathe

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. {sûtha- >> sû- “wash clean” and sôtha- “bathe (tr. & intr.)” >>} sô- “wash clean, bathe (tr. & intr.)”, all based on the early root ᴱ√soƀ (GL/68). Likely the long ô is the result of the sound change whereby ou became ō as was usual in Gnomish of the 1910s.

Neo-Sindarin: In later Sindarin ancient ou became ū which produces problematic verb forms, so I would instead adapt this verb as ᴺS. sov- “to wash clean, bathe” as a cognate to ᴺQ. sov- “✱to bathe”. See also ᴺS. whal- “to wash”.

soth

noun. bath

A noun appearing as G. soth “bath” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶sou̯þ- (GL/68), where ou became ō as was usual in Gnomish of the 1910s.

Neo-Sindarin: In later Sindarin, ancient ou became ū which would produce sûth, but since this conflicts with N. sûth “draught”, I would coin a neologism ᴺS. sûn “bath” as the cognate of ᴺQ. súnë “bath”.

fôs

noun. bath

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a bath”, related to the verb G. fas- “wash” (GL/34).

fas-

verb. to wash

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wash”, marked with a “✱” indicating it also served as a primitive root ✱ᴱ√FASA (GL/34).

gwâ

noun. wind