Eldamo : Gnomish : inig

G. inig adj. “small” (Category: Small, Little)

⚠️G. inig, adj. “small” (Category: Small, Little): S. #pîn “little”

A word for “small” in the Gnomish Lexicon with variants ineg and G. inc (GL/51). Tolkien said this word was “especially used in quantitative sense as opposite of odog [great]”, as in inig bast no odog saith “*small bread then great hunger”. It was clearly based on the early root ᴱ√INI “small” (QL/42).

References ✧ GL/51

Glosses

“small” ✧ GL/51

Variations

inig ✧ GL/51
ineg ✧ GL/51

inig “small” especially used in quantitative sense as opposite of odog ✧ GL/51
inig “small” cp. pinig ✧ GL/51
inc beside inig “small” ✧ GL/51

Element In

G. inig bast no odog saith “*small bread then great hunger” ✧ GL/51

Cognates

ᴱQ. inya “tiny”

Derivations

< ᴱ√INI “small”