ᴺS. !maf n. “sheep” (Category: Sheep)
A neologism for “sheep” coined by Elaran in 2022 on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), derived from a variant form *mămā of primitive ✶māmā “sheep”, the basis of Q. máma “sheep”. This is only one of various possibilities for neologisms for “sheep”: in VinQuettaParma Wiki (VQP) Gábor Lőrinczi suggested ᴺS. maw “sheep” as a direct cognate of Q. máma, and Fiona Jallings suggested ᴺS. *baw as a derivative of ✶mbāba, a primitive form that appeared on VT47/35. Both maw and baw have other meanings in Sindarin, however. I used to recommend a word of my own, bam from a reduplicated primitive form *mbambā, but I now prefer Elaran’s suggestion of maf.
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G. moth n. “sheep” (Category: Sheep)
A noun for “sheep” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {mô >>} moth (GL/58), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√MAWA “cry, bleat” that was the basis for “sheep” words in Early Qenya (QL/060).
References ✧ GL/58; LT1/247; LT1A/Uin
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| mothin | plural | ✧ GL/58 |
| mothrim | plural | ✧ GL/58 |
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