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'''Iglishmêk''' was a [[Dwarves|Dwarvish]] language of silent gesture-signs.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, p. 395</ref><ref>{{VT|39a}}, p. 5</ref> | '''Iglishmêk''' was a [[Dwarves|Dwarvish]] language of silent gesture-signs.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, p. 395</ref><ref>{{VT|39a}}, p. 5</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[[Magnus Åberg]] theorizes that the word is composed of *''<nowiki>'</nowiki>igal'' *"language" (as in ''aglâb'') and *''shimak'' *"gesture".<ref>[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_khuzdul.html An analysis of Dwarvish | [[Magnus Åberg]] theorizes that the word is composed of *''<nowiki>'</nowiki>igal'' *"language" (as in ''aglâb'') and *''shimak'' *"gesture".<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Magnus Åberg]]|articleurl=http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_khuzdul.html|articlename=An analysis of Dwarvish|dated=|website=Forod|accessed=1 April 2012}}</ref> | ||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== |
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Iglishmêk was a Dwarvish language of silent gesture-signs.[1][2]
Etymology
Magnus Åberg theorizes that the word is composed of *'igal *"language" (as in aglâb) and *shimak *"gesture".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 395
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998, p. 5
- ↑ Magnus Åberg, "An analysis of Dwarvish", Forodrim.org (accessed 1 April 2012)