N. basgorn [mb-] n. “loaf” (Category: Bread)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “loaf”, combination of N. bast “bread” and N. corn “round” (Ety/MBAS).
Conceptual Development: The word G. basgorn appeared in Gnomish Grammar and Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “loaf” (GG/8), “a loaf” (GL/22), and “loaf of bread” (GL/26) as a combination of G. bast “bread” and G. corn “loaf”; in the last of these appearances its form was basgo(r)n indicating the r was optional. The word appeared as ᴱN. basgorn {“loaf” >>} “round loaf, cake” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/138).
Reference ✧ Ety/MBAS ✧ “loaf”
Elements
| bast | “bread” | ✧ Ety/MBAS | |
| corn | “round, globed” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/MBAS (#gorn) |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√MBAS > basgorn | [bastgorn] > [basgorn] | ✧ Ety/MBAS |
ᴱN. basgorn [mb-] n. “round loaf, cake” (Category: Cake)
References ✧ PE13/138, 140
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| besgyrn | plural | ✧ PE13/138 |
Elements
| bast | “bread” | ||
| corn¹ | “round ball” | soft-mutation | ✧ PE13/140 |
G. basgorn [mb-] n. “loaf (of bread)” (Category: Bread)
References ✧ GG/8; GL/22, 26, 53
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| i·mbasgon | soft-mutation; mb-mutation | ✧ GG/8 |
Elements
| bast | “bread” | ✧ GL/22 |
| corn | “loaf” | ✧ GL/26 |
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