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'''Iglishmêk''' was a [[Dwarves|Dwarvish]] language of silent gesture-signs.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, p. 395</ref><ref>{{VT|39a}}, p. 5</ref> | '''Iglishmêk''' was a [[Dwarves|Dwarvish]] language of silent gesture-signs.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, p. 395</ref><ref>{{VT|39a}}, p. 5</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | |||
[[Magnus Åberg]] theorizes that the word is composed of *''<nowiki>'</nowiki>igal'' *"language" (as in ''aglâb'') and *''shimak'' "gesture".<ref>[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_khuzdul.html An analysis of Dwarvish] in [[Mellonath Daeron]] webpage.</ref> | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://sites.google.com/site/quasikhuzdul/analysis-rationale/analysis-of-existing-words/iglishmek Analysis of Iglishmêk] | *[http://sites.google.com/site/quasikhuzdul/analysis-rationale/analysis-of-existing-words/iglishmek Analysis of Iglishmêk] | ||
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[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
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Iglishmêk was a Dwarvish language of silent gesture-signs.[1][2]
Etymology
Magnus Åberg theorizes that the word is composed of *'igal *"language" (as in aglâb) and *shimak "gesture".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 395
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998, p. 5
- ↑ An analysis of Dwarvish in Mellonath Daeron webpage.
