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
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	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 (aka Glassworking Part Two)	September 2022	A type of Wendwillow glassworking
Glaesineth	Unknown	Unknown	Artisanal Glasses of Elanthia: A Continuation (aka Glassworking Part Two)	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.