Eldamo : Gnomish : cail

G. cail n. “lip” (Category: Lip)

⚠️G. cail, n. “lip” (Category: Lip): ᴺS. !pemp “lip”

A noun for “lip” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/24), related to ᴱQ. kíla and hence clearly derived from the same early root ᴱ√KILI “edge” (QL/46).

References ✧ GL/24, 26

Glosses

“lip” ✧ GL/24

cail “lip” cp. cilm ✧ GL/24
cilm “rim, brink, edge” cp. cail ✧ GL/26

Element In

G. gogail “mouth” ✧ GL/24
G. cailtha- “to kiss” ✧ GL/24
G. cailthi “kiss” ✧ GL/24

Cognates

ᴱQ. kíla “edge, rim” ✧ GL/24 (kīla)
ᴱQ. kaile “lip”

Derivations

< ᴱ✶kīla ✧ GL/24
- < ᴱ√KILI “edge”

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶kīla > cail

[kīla] > [kaila] > [kail]

✧ GL/24