G. sithagong n. “dragonfly” (Category: Fly (n))
A word for “dragonfly” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. sitha “fly” and gong a word for “goblin” (GL/41, 68). Tolkien said that the g survived in the compound because it was a new compound, indicating that soft mutation only applied to ancient compounds in Gnomish.
References ✧ GL/41, 68; LT1A/Gong
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Elements
| Gong | “one of a tribe of the orcs, a goblin” | ✧ GL/41; LT1A/Gong |
| sitha¹ | “fly” | ✧ GL/68; LT1A/Gong |