ᴺS. !gobem n. “mouth” (Category: Mouth)
Elements
| S. go- | “together, co-, com-” |
| !pemp | “lip” |
G. gogail n. “mouth” (Category: Mouth)
A noun appearing as G. gogel “mouth” in The Gnomish Grammar (GG/8) and as {gogel >} gogíl or gogail “mouth” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/40). In the latter document, Tolkien said it was a combination of G. go- “together” and G. cail “lip”, from more archaic forms gwa-caíl, gwa-cil. An unrelated word G. mem “mouth” also appeared in Gnomish Lexicon (GL/57), perhaps related to G. beg “chin” which Tolkien connected to ᴱQ. pé “(closed) mouth” = “the two lips” (GL/57; QL/72).
Neo-Sindarin: I’ve used these Gnomish words as the inspiration for a neologism ᴺS. gobem “mouth”, based on the (neologism) ᴺS. pemp “lip”, where the reduction of -mp to -m finally is an irregular assimilation to the preceding voiced b: -mp > -mb > -m.
References ✧ GG/8; GL/24, 40
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Inflections
| i·ngogel | soft-mutation; ng-mutation | ✧ GG/8 |
Elements
| gwa- | “together, in one; with” | ||
| cail | “lip” | soft-mutation | ✧ GL/24 |
| go-¹ | “together, in one; with” | ✧ GL/40 | |