Eldamo : Gnomish : ilta-

G. ilta- v. “to stick in, prod, prick” (Category: to Poke, Prick, Stab)

⚠️G. ilta-, v. “to stick in, prod, prick” (Category: to Poke, Prick, Stab): N. nasta- “to prick, point, stick, thrust”

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to stick in, prod, prick”, likely based on the early root ᴱ√ᴵLTᴵL “thrust in” (GL/51; QL/42). Tolkien specified that the person or thing pricked was in the dative: G. on iltathi nin pieg “*he stuck in to me (dative) a pin”.

Conceptual Development: Elsewhere in the document, Tolkien had G. elta- “to thrust, dig, poke (inward)” perhaps based on ᴱ√ELE “drive, push, thrust, send forth” (GL/32; QL/35). This was revised to elta-, eltha- “draw, tug, lug”, and finally G. eltha- “to alter, change”.

References ✧ GL/51, 59

Glosses

“to stick in, prod, prick” ✧ GL/51

Variations

ilta- ✧ GL/51; GL/59

nam- “withdraw, draw out, draw back, take back; (intr.) withdraw, retire” in other [sense opposite] of ilta- ✧ GL/59

Inflections

iltathi

past

✧ GL/51

Element In

G. on iltathi nin pieg “*he stuck me with a pin, (lit.) he stuck in to me a pin” ✧ GL/51

Cognates

ᴱQ. ilt- “to thrust home, come in”

Derivations

< ᴱ√ḶTḶ “thrust in”

G. elta- v. “to draw, tug, lug; to thrust, dig, poke (inward)” (Category: to Poke, Prick, Stab)

See G. ilta- for discussion.

References ✧ GL/32

Glosses

“draw, tug, lug” ✧ GL/32 (elta-)
“to thrust, dig, poke (inward)” ✧ GL/32 (elta-)

Variations

elta- ✧ GL/32; GL/32
eltha- ✧ GL/32

elta- “draw, tug, lug” cp. lenu ✧ GL/32

Changes

elta- “draw, tug, lug” >> eltha-² “to alter, change” ✧ GL/32
elta- “to thrust, dig, poke (inward)” >> elta- “draw, tug, lug” ✧ GL/32

Derivations

< ᴱ√ELE¹ “drive, push, thrust, send forth”