Eldamo : Gnomish : nig(la)

G. nig(la) n. “mouse” (Category: Mouse, Rodent)

⚠️G. nig(la), n. “mouse” (Category: Mouse, Rodent): ᴺS. ^nigol “mouse, (lit.) small one”

The words G. nig and nigla “a mouse” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s above the verbs G. nigla- “thieve” and G. nig- “steal” (GL/60), probably derived from a variant of the early root ᴱ√NAQA “steal” (QL/64).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word into Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. nigol “mouse”, reconceived of as elaboration of √NIK “small”.

References ✧ GL/60

Glosses

“a mouse” ✧ GL/60 (nig)

Variations

nig ✧ GL/60
nigla ✧ GL/60

Derivations

< ᴱ√NAQA “steal, take; get by stealth, unlawfully”