ᴺS. !govai adj. and adv. “alike, similar” (Category: Like, Similar)
Sindarin equivalent of Q. ovéa “(con)similar, alike”, derived from primitive *wōbeya. Sami Paldanius instead suggested ᴺS. gothiol “similar” based on a combination of go “together” and ᴹ√THĒ “seem”.
Elements
| S. #be | “in; ?as, like” |
Cognates
ᴱN. goneb adj. “similar” (Category: Like, Similar)
An indeclinable adjective meaning “similar” in the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s based on ᴱN. neb “near” (PE13/164).
Reference ✧ PE13/164 ✧ “similar”
Elements
| neb | “near” | ✧ PE13/164 |
G. gofel adj. and adv. “exactly alike” (Category: Equal, Alike)
A word appearing as gofel, gofil, or gwanin “exactly alike” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/40, 43), a combination of G. go- “together” and G. fel “like”. It had a deleted variant {gwavin} (GL/44).
References ✧ GL/40, 43-44
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| go-¹ | “together, in one; with” | ✧ GL/40; GL/43 (gwa-) |
| fel | “like (as av.); as, like” | ✧ GL/40; GL/43 (#fel) |
Element In
ᴺS. !gothiol adj. “similar” (Category: Like, Similar)
Elements
| S. go- | “together, co-, com-” |
| ᴹ√THĒ | “look (see or seem)” |