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

tan

noun. firewood

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “firewood”, derived from ᴱ√tan- (GL/69).

Gnomish [GL/69; LT1A/Tanyasalpë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tang

noun. flame, flash

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame, a flash”, derived from the early root ᴱ√tan- (GL/69).

Gnomish [GL/69; LT1A/Tanyasalpë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tantha-

verb. to set light to, kindle

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “set light to, kindle”, appearing under the early root ᴱ√tan-, with a variant form tanga- nearby (GL/69).

Gnomish [GL/69; LT1A/Tanyasalpë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tanc

adjective. firm, steady, settled

tand

noun. enclosure, garden

tangar

noun. hearthgrate, fireplace

tant

noun. a number

tanfa

proper name. lowest of all airs, hot air of the deep places

Gnomish [GL/51; GL/69; LT1A/Tanyasalpë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tanfui

proper name. Yule Night

Gnomish [GL/47; GL/69] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tanga-

verb. to set light to, kindle

tangor

noun. hearthgrate, fireplace

tanta

noun. a dance

tathn

noun. number

Gnomish [GL/69; LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cang

noun/adjective. tangled, confused, mixed up, awry; tangle, confusion, mêllay

canga-

verb. to tangle

loctha-

verb. to curl (tr.), bend, wind, twine, tie knot, tangle

tinta-

verb. to dance

Gnomish [GL/69; GL/70] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tôn a gwedrin

proper name. Tale-fire

Gnomish [GL/28; GL/71; LT2/197; LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin; LT2I/Tôn a Gwedrin; PE15/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bada-

verb. to build

beb

adverb. [unglossed]

brid-

verb. [unglossed]

cantha

noun. flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “flame” (GL/25), probably based on the early root ᴱ√KṆŘṆ [KṆÐṆ] “shine” (QL/47).

clidhron

noun. [unglossed]

climbol

noun. [unglossed]

dôn

?. [unglossed]

noun. [unglossed]

gatha

?. [unglossed]

@@@ form does not appear elsewhere and similar forms are not relevant

gima-

verb. to hear

Gnomish [GL/38; LT2A/Gimli] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwidhon

adjective. woven

An adjective for “woven” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based the verb G. gwidh- “weave” (GL/46).

gwithadr

noun. shuttle

The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. gwithadr and gwithant “shuttle” based the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ (GL/46).

Neo-Sindarin: Tolkien had a later root √WIR for “weave”, so I’d update these Gnomish words to ᴺS. gwirthar “shuttle” = √WIR + √THAR, (lit.) “weave-across”.

gwithant

noun. shuttle

hant

adverb. thither

lalt

noun. dance

laltha-

verb. to dance

pad

noun. [unglossed]

palta-

verb. to beat

pieg

noun. pin

A noun for “pin” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/64), clearly related to ᴱQ. piek “pin” (QL/73).

Gnomish [GL/51; GL/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

praust

noun. [unglossed]

prog

noun. [unglossed]

rab-

verb. [unglossed]

noun. [unglossed]

sind

noun. [unglossed]

sinthi

pronoun. [unglossed]

noun. fire

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

tag-

verb. to fix, make firm, construct

talp

noun. prop, support

tath-

verb. to count

thail

noun. [unglossed]

thel

noun. [unglossed]

thelg

noun. [unglossed]

thil

noun. [unglossed]

thion

noun. [unglossed]

thrim

?. [unglossed]

thû-

verb. [unglossed]

trum

?. [unglossed]

tûn

noun. [unglossed]

ulthanc

noun. [unglossed]

umeg

?. [unglossed]

’ôs

noun. [unglossed]