Iglishmêk
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*"I am listening" = slight raising of right-hand forefinger, followed by a similar raising of the left-hand forefinger.<ref name=VT39/> | *"I am listening" = slight raising of right-hand forefinger, followed by a similar raising of the left-hand forefinger.<ref name=VT39/> | ||
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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Iglishmêk was a Dwarvish language of silent gesture-signs.[1][2]
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[edit] Examples
- "I am listening" = slight raising of right-hand forefinger, followed by a similar raising of the left-hand forefinger.[2]
- "Listen!" = slight raising of both forefingers simultaneously.[2]
[edit] Etymology
Magnus Åberg has theorized that the word iglishmêk is composed of *'igal *"language" (as in aglâb) and *shimak *"gesture".[3]
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[edit] References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 395
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998, pp. 5, 10
- ↑ Magnus Åberg, "An analysis of Dwarvish" , Forodrim.org (accessed 01 April 2012)