Gnomish Lexicon

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Gnomish Lexicon

A list of confirmed words in Gnomish. For suggestions/additions, please use the Discussion page and include a link to the relevant document the term is used in (or if it is an in-game item/location, enough information staff can find it for review).

Gnomish Term	Translation	Roots	Originating Documentation	Date Introduced	Other Info
Senzhua	"ritual of the stolen death"	from "zhu" (one of several Gnomish terms for death) and "senra" (stolen)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A burghal gnome death ritual
Tiazhu	funeral cookies	from "tia" (truncation of a word for cookie) and "zhu" (one of several Gnomish terms for death)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A type of cookie made for funerals
Tia	cookie	n/a	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	One of many Gnomish words for cookie
Zhu	Death	n/a	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	One of many Gnomish words for death
Siqtia	"cookie stick"	From "tia" (a word for cookie) and "siq" (something like stick or bat)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A type of intricately carved rolling pin, most commonly used in the making of tiazhu
Siq	stick or bat	n/a	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	Typically used for something cut/carved into a stick-like or bat-like form, such as a rolling pin (see siqtia)
Vekvadil	Unknown	From "vek" (a term often used in death-related speech) and "vad" (assumed to be from Vad'xnotaxa)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A Withycombe death ritual
Vadzyrr	n/a	From "vad" (assumed to be from Vad'xnotaxa) and "Tamzyrr" (the human city)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A burghal gnome city beneath Tamzyrr
Tiasat	cookie wine	from "tia" (a word for cookie)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A type of dessert wine of the burghal gnomes
Ahrzeit	"stopping of the clocks"	From "ahr" (clock) and "zeit" (a fragment of a word translating roughly to stopping gears)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A Winedotter death ritual
Ithelveca	death scrying	From "ithel" (a fragment of the word for star) and "veca" (a truncation of the word for scrying)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A Winedotter death ritual for their mystics
Vetsika	Unknown	Unknown	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A funerary wine used by Winedotters
Kystalq	Unknown	Assumed "kys" comes from "kysvein" but otherwise unknown	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A Nylem annual death ritual
Zhu'actaq	Death's Joke/Roast	From "zhu" (one of several Gnomish terms for death) and "actaq" (a type of caustic joke)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A Nylem death ritual
Actaq	caustic joke	Unknown	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A term for a joke that is typically caustic or biting in nature
Zhu'milaiva	Death of growing things	From "zhu" (one of several Gnomish terms for death) and "milaiva" (roughly 'grown' or 'growing' things)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A Withycombe death ritual
Milaiva	roughly "grown/growing" things	n/a	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A term used mostly with crops or flowers
Kysvein	Unknown	Unknown	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A type of crypt, often booby-trapped, used in several burghal gnome cultures
Laenkyst	Unknown	Unknown	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	An Aledotter death ritual
Cersfelt	Heart's fire	From "cers" (a term for heart) and "felt" (a term for fire)	Stopping the Clocks: Burghal Gnome Death Rituals	August 2023	A Vylem death ritual
Ti	Tea	n/a	Flora of Atan Irith: A Guide to Some of the Continent's Unique Flora	February 2023	The Gnomish term for tea, pronounced the same way
Vitzhu'tek	roughly "Death-blood recitation"	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Basingstoke bloodline death ritual
Idrisa	Unknown	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Greengair bloodline death ritual
Vekina	Unknown	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Wendwillow bloodline candle ceremony for the dead
Nictchu	Unknown	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Rosengift bloodline death day competition
Nict'lat	type of guide	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Rosengift bloodline guide for the nictchu
Tichalx	Unknown	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Angstholm bloodline funeral lotion
Ti'chanek	Unknown	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Angstholm bloodline sky burial
Tichalyth	Unknown	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Angstholm bloodline rose liqueur laced with valerian
Zhumec'itza	literally "death sport for honor"	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Felcour bloodline game, also called "zhumec"
Veczhu	Unknown	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Felcour bloodline funerary wine (veczhu or veczhu wine), a type of blood wine
Zhuletza	Unknown	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	January 2023	Felcour bloodline funeral rites, encompasses all rituals held
V'xnoma	Gnomish	Unknown	People of the Stars: Forest Gnomes in Atan Irith	2023-01-11	What forest and burghal gnomes call their language
Ya'xnotila	People of the Green Forests	"Ya'" - uncertain, but something to do with forest, "xno" - something akin to 'people,' and "tila" - unknown	People of the Stars: Forest Gnomes in Atan Irith	2023-01-11	Forest gnomes name for themselves
Vad'xnotaxa	People of the Hearth	"Vad'" - uncertain, but something to do with hearths, "xno" - something akin to 'people,' and "taxa" - unknown	People of the Stars: Forest Gnomes in Atan Irith	2023-01-11	Burghal gnomes name for themselves
Okibnil	cave crawler	Unknown	People of the Stars: Forest Gnomes in Atan Irith	2023-01-11	Term used by forest and burghal gnomes for the "cave gnomes"
Dva'lorten	Unknown	Unknown	Lines of Blood: A History of the Gnomes	2003	a communal setting for the Basingstoke bloodline
Eisenruck	Unknown	Unknown	Eisenruck document	Unknown	A type of backpack
Glimaergless	Approx. glimmering glass	Loosely taken from the "glimaer" (elven for glimmer) and "gless" - glass	Artisanal Glasses of Elanthia: A Continuation	September 2022	A type of Wendwillow glassworking
Glaesineth	Unknown	Unknown	Artisanal Glasses of Elanthia: A Continuation	September 2022	A type of forest gnome-produced glass
Ivsenra	ink stealer	Combination/truncation of gnomish words for ink and stealer	A Library Mouse By Any Other Name	February 2021	Winedotter term for bookworm. See also achlat
Achlat	bookworm	Unknown	A Library Mouse By Any Other Name	February 2021	Burghal gnome term for bookworm, see also Ivsenra
Latevlot	vellum vole	Combination/truncation of gnomish words for vellum and vole	A Library Mouse By Any Other Name	February 2021	n/a
Plumille	n/a	Unknown	Plumille document	HSN 2015	Plumille is a fabric mostly used for outer garments because of the natural water-resistant properties of the woven feather barbs
Apotl/Apotla	n/a	Unknown	Forest Gnomes: Thoughts from an Angstholm Raised Half-Elf	May 2009?	Forest gnome cloak (apotl = male, apotla = female)
Huiteo	n/a	Unknown	Forest Gnomes: Thoughts from an Angstholm Raised Half-Elf	May 2009?	Forest gnome beaded headband
Basrenne	n/a	Unknown	Ferroniere document	2007ish	Basingstoke/forest gnome ferroniere
Ferrigem	n/a	"Ferri" from ferroniere + gem	Ferroniere document	2007ish	Burghal gnome ferroniere. With roots in Common, this is not representative of Gnomish's rich roots, but it is uniquely found amongst the burghals, so it is included here
Nonalca	n/a	Unknown	Forest Gnomes: Thoughts from an Angstholm Raised Half-Elf	May 2009?	Forest gnome, female-worn, wide sash
Vit’gno Loed	Unknown	Unknown	Lines of Blood: A History of the Gnomes	Unknown	Name of an epic poem
Zhadu’gno	Blood-marking	Unknown	Lines of Blood: A History of the Gnomes	Unknown	Basingstoke coming of age ceremony
Arvyad’gno	Venture of fate	Unknown	Lines of Blood: A History of the Gnomes	Unknown	Burghal gnome coming of age ceremony
Senrataes	roughly "stolen city"	from "senra" (stolen) and "taes" - a term for city/community thought to be influenced by similar Elven words	Ta'Nalfein document	May 2023	The burghal gnome city under Ta'Nalfein
Senra	Stolen	n/a	Ta'Nalfein document	May 2023	n/a
-taes	"city" or "community"	Unknown	Ta'Nalfein document	May 2023	n/a
Mykt	Unknown, but probably market	Unknown	Ta'Nalfein document	May 2023	Origins are unknown, but it is used by some burghal gnomes and Nalfein elves.
Tekuhr	Unknwon	Unknown	Ta'Ardenai	February 2024	A type of elaborate clockwork cage
Mykal	Unknown	Unknown	Ta'Ardenai	February 2024	An Ardenai forest gnome fabric made from mushrooms and fungi
Tanbaxa	Tangleball	n/a	Estival, or Summer, Holidays	June 2024	A forest gnome sport
Torqil	Tournament	n/a	Estival, or Summer, Holidays	June 2024
Tanbaxa Torqil	Tangleball Tourney	From "tanbaxa" (tangleball) and "torqil" (tournament)	Estival, or Summer, Holidays	June 2024	An annual forest gnome tournament
Tansiqa	A type of wooden bat	From "tanbrika" (tanglebriar) and "siq" (bat)	Estival, or Summer, Holidays	June 2024	A wide, flat bat carved from tanbrika wood and used in playing tangleball
Paqtan	A netted raquet	From "paq" (net) and either "tanbrika" (tanglebriar) or "tanbaxa" (tangleball)	Estival, or Summer, Holidays	June 2024	A netted raquet used in playing tangleball
Tanbrika	Tanglebriar	n/a	Estival, or Summer, Holidays	June 2024	A type of thick, curving bramble with large thorns
Sleutspel	Tinkering Games	From "sleut" (tinkering) and "spel" (game)	Spring Holidays	March 2024	A burghal gnome holiday/competition held in spring
Sleut	Literally, gear or key. Colloquially, tinkering.	n/a	Spring Holidays	March 2024
Spel	A term for game, more specifically some sort of competition	n/a	Spring Holidays	March 2024
Flitraegt	roughly featherbear	Unknown	The Ivsenra and the Flitraegt	October 2024	A mythical creature in burghal gnome stories
Eisgen	Engineer	Unknown	The Ivsenra and the Flitraegt	October 2024	One of several terms for engineer. Typically used for one in some position of authority.