G. cwathli n. “plume, spray, tassel” (Category: Feather)
A noun appearing as cwathli “plume, spray, tassel” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to G. cwas- “wag, shake, flap” (GL/28) and thus almost certainly derived from the early root ᴱ√QASA which likewise was the basis for “shake” and “plume” words (QL/76). It appeared as cwathil “a plume” on a different page of the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/28).
References ✧ GL/28, 34, 64
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| #gwathil | soft-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ GL/34; GL/64 |
Elements
| ᴱ√QASA | “*shake” | |
| #-li | “noun suffix” | ✧ GL/28 (#-li) |
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