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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 |
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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. |