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

taus

adjective. shaggy

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “shaggy” which Tolkien said was related to G. tus (GL/72), likely a reference to tûs- (tausi-) “tease wool, comb out” (GL/69). Both these words may also be connected to ✶tou̯ “wool”; compare ᴱQ. aule “shaggy” < ᴱ√OWO, the basis of “wool” words in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/71).

tûs-

verb. to tease wool, comb out

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “tease wool, comb out” with past form tausi (GL/72), related to G. taus “shaggy” (GL/69) and probably also G. tô “wool” < ᴱ✶tou̯ (GL/71).

Gnomish [GL/69; GL/72] Group: Eldamo. Published by