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= Gnomish Lexicon =
== 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).
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).



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