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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 name=VT39>{{VT|39a}}, pp. 5, 10</ref>
==Examples==
 
*"I am listening" = slight raising of right-hand forefinger, followed by a similar raising of the left-hand forefinger.<ref name=VT39/>
*"Listen!" = slight raising of both forefingers simultaneously.<ref name=VT39/>
 
==Etymology==
[[Magnus Åberg]] has theorized that the word ''iglishmêk'' is composed of *''<nowiki>'</nowiki>igal'' *"language" (as in ''aglâb'') and *''shimak'' *"gesture".<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Magnus Åberg]]|articleurl=http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_khuzdul.html|articlename=An analysis of Dwarvish|dated=|website=Forod|accessed=1 April 2012}}</ref>
 
==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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Iglishmêk was a Dwarvish language of silent gesture-signs.[1][2]

Examples

  • "I am listening" = slight raising of right-hand forefinger, followed by a similar raising of the left-hand forefinger.[2]
  • "Listen!" = slight raising of both forefingers simultaneously.[2]

Etymology

Magnus Åberg has theorized that the word iglishmêk is composed of *'igal *"language" (as in aglâb) and *shimak *"gesture".[3]

External links

References