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Fauna/Bestiary of Arda
Alphabetical list
- Animals
- Birds: Gnomish aigli ("bird" (especially larger)");[1] bilin or bilinc ("a small bird, especially sparrow")[1]
- Dragonflies: Gnomish sithagong ("dragonfly") or sithaling ("(fly snake) dragonfly")[1]
- Moths: Gnomish fufril[1]
- Sparrows: Gnomish bilin or bilinc ("a small bird, especially sparrow")[1]
- Swifts: Gnomish
dwindi, lindwil, glindwil ("a swift (bird)")[1] - Swans
Uncertain
- Moles (various meanings in English): Qenya noldare, nolpa ("a mole"); Gnomish dolfa, dolmeg ("a mole")[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)
