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Khuzdul Thread
Here is a DWARVISH WORDLIST
(mostly based on a list compiled by Lisa Star that appeared in Tyaliė Tyelelliéva #4 p.22; she in turn thanked Jim Gillogly, Alberto Monteiro and Anthony Appleyard for helpful comments and suggestions). I have excluded Balin, which, though it appears in the Balin Tomb inscription, is a Mannish name. So is Forn, a name of Tom Bombadil used by the Dwarves. On the other hand, I have included Fundinul, though only the ending -ul is actually Khuzdul. I have excluded Dushgoi "Minas Morgul", which is evidently Orkish, but nonetheless seems to include an element dush *"dark, black" that also occurs in Buzundush, the Dwarvish name of Morthond.
aglāb "(spoken) language" (WJ:395). This evidently contains the same radicals G-L as in iglishmźk.
ai-mźnu "upon you" (LotR2/III ch. 7, Appendix F), with ai, a reduced form of aya (q.v.), and mźnu (WR:20)
Azaghāl name of the lord of the Dwarves of Belegost (Silmarillion ch. 20)
[Azanūl - a form Tolkien seems to have replaced with Azanulbizar (RS:466)]
Azanulbizar "Dimrill Dale" (LotR1/II ch. 4). In A Tolkien Compass p. 182, Tolkien states that "the Common Speech form is an accurate translation: the valley of the dim (overshadowed) rills that ran down the mountainside". See also RS:466: Azanulbizar "Vale of Dim Streams" with the elements ZN, ūl, bizar (q.v.)
aya "upon" (WR:20). Reduced form ai in ai-mźnu "upon you".
baraz "?red" in Barazinbar, TI:174. Baraz "?Red One", short name of Barazinbar. (LotR1/II ch.3)
Barazinbar "Redhorn", one of the mountains over Moria, Sindarin Caradhras (LotR1/II ch. 3).
baruk "axes of" (WR:20), Baruk Khazād! "Axes of the Dwarves!" (Appendix F). Possibly the construct state plural of *burk "axe".
bizar "dale, valley" (RS:466) in Azanulbizar
B-N-D radicals of bund, q.v. (TI:174)
B-R-Z radicals of baraz, q.v. (TI:174)
bund "head" (TI:174). In Bundushathur, q.v.
Bundushathur "Cloudyhead", one of the mountains above Moria, in Sindarin Fanuidhol (LotR1/II ch. 3); the elements are Bund-u-shathur "Head in/of Clouds" (TI:174).
Buzundush "Morthond, Blackroot" (TI:167)
dūm "excavations, halls, mansions", either a true plural or a collective singular (in Khazad-dūm, q.v.)
felek "hew rock" (stated to be a root; the radicals are evidently *F-L-K) (PM:352)
felak 1) (used as noun) a tool like a broad-bladed chisel, or small axe-head without haft, for cutting stone, 2) (used as verb) to use this tool (PM:352)
felakgundu, also assimilated felaggundu "cave-hewer" (name given to Finrod because of his skill in lighter stone-carving, adapted to Sindarin as Felagund). (PM:352) This evidently obsoletes the entry PHELEG in the Etymologies (LR:381), where Tolkien provided an Elvish etymology for this name.
Fundinul translated "son of Fundin", literally probably a kind of adjective derived from this name (which is in itself Mannish, not Khuzdul)
gabil "great", isolated from Gabilgathol, q.v.
Gabilān a name of the river Sirion (WJ:336). Apparently includes gabil "great", cf. Gabilgathol.
Gabilgathol "Great fortress", Sindarin Belegost (Silm ch. 10, LR:274)
Gamil Zirak name of a dwarf-smith, master of Telchar of Nogrod (UT:76). Suggested interpretations are "Old Silver" or "Old Spike"; see zirak.
gathol "fortress", isolated from Gabilgathol, q.v.
gundu "underground hall" (from root gunud) (PM:352). Does a form of this noun occur in the name of the mountain Gundabad, stated to be "in origin a Khuzdul name"? (PM:301)
gunud "delve underground, excavate, tunnel" (PM:352 cf. 365), stated to be a root. Cf. gundu above.
Ibun the name of one of Mīm's sons (Silm. ch 21, UT:102)
iglishmźk a gesture-code used by the Dwarves. (WJ:395) Cf. aglāb.
inbar "horn"; the radicals are given as M-B-R, note apparent dissimilation mb > nb. (TI:174). In Barazinbar, q.v.
Kazaddūm unorthodox spelling of Khazad-dūm (RS:467). It should hardly be taken as an indication that k and kh are not distinct phonemes after all.
K-B-L radicals of kibil, the word for silver (TI:174)
Khazād "Dwarves", their name for themselves (Appendix F). Sg *Khuzd?
Khazad-dūm "Dwarrowdelf", Moria (LotR1/II ch. 3)
Khazād ai-mźnu! "The Dwarves are upon you!", Dwarvish battle-cry. (Appedix F)
kheled "glass" in Kheled-zāram "Mirrormere", lit. "glasslake" (Silmarillion Appendix, entry khelek-; see also A Tolkien Compass p. 190)
Khīm the name of one of Mīm's sons. (Silm. ch. 21)
[Khuzūd "Dwarves", changed by Tolkien to Khazād. (LR:274, 278)]
*Kh-Z-D radicals in words having to do with dwarves and dwarvishness, in Khazād "the Dwarves" (sg. *Khuzd?), in Khuzdul "Dwarvish" and evidently also in Nulukkhizdīn "Nargothrond" (Silm. ch. 21)
kibil "silver" (TI:174). Radicals K-B-L. TI:174 suggests that this word is related to Quenya telpė, but the actual borrowing must rather be from Sindarin celeb (and the borrowing must be fairly late, for even at the Old Sindarin stage, the word was kelepe [LR.367] with no change of post-vocalic p to b; the Primitive Quendian form was *kyelepź). Khuzdul kibil reverses the order of the two last consonants of celeb.
Kibil-nāla "Silverlode" (LotR1/II ch. 3), the river Celebrant. The separate elements kibil, nāla (q.v.) are discussed in TI:174, 175. Curiously, the Khuzdul name of this river is given as Zigilnād in PM:279, 286. PM:275 indicates that Tolkien in one draft for a LotR appendix used the name Kibil-nāla to refer to the Mirrormere, but changed it to Kheled-zāram, the name used in the main text of LotR. Christopher Tolkien dismisses this as a "slip without significance" (PM:286).
Mahal Dwarvish name of Aulė (Silm. ch. 2)
Mazarbul "(of?) Records". The Chamber of Mazarbul is equated with "the Chamber of Records". (LotR1/II ch. 5, Letters:186) If -ul is the Khuzdul adjectival ending, "of" in the translation may be strictly superfluous.
M-B-R the radicals of inbar "horn" (note apparent dissimilation mb > nb). (TI:174)
mźnu "you (acc. pl.)" (WR:20)
Mīm name of a Petty-Dwarf (Silm. ch. 21)
-nād element occurring in Zigilnād, another name of the river Celebrant (Silverlode): PM:279, 286. This river is elsewhere called Kibil-nāla in Khuzdul, so nād would have to mean the same as nāla, q.v.
-nāla According to TI:175, the meaning of this word is not known, but if the Khuzdul name Kibil-nāla has the same meaning as Sindarin Celebrant, Silverlode, it may be assumed to mean "path, course, rivercourse or bed". (TI:174)
Narag-zāram "? Black Pool". Includes radicals N-R-G, q.v. (RS:466)
Nargūn "Mordor"; includes radicals N-R-G "black" (RS:466)
N-R-G radicals of the word for "black" (vowels not given); in Nargūn "Mordor, Blackland". (RS:466) The independent word "black" may be *narag, compare baraz "red" from B-R-Z.
Nulukkhizdīn "Nargothrond" (WJ:180), misspelt Nulukkizdīn in Silm ch. 21 (see WJ:180, where Christopher Tolkien admits that this spelling is wrong). Changed by Tolkien from Nulukhizidūn. Apparently includes the radicals Kh-Z-D "dwarf".
Rukhs "Orc", pl. Rakhās (WJ:391)
Sharbhund "? Bald Hill", Petty-Dwarvish name of Amon Rūdh (UT:98). Is bhund just a variant form of bund, q.v.?
shathūr "cloud(s)", Shathūr short name of Bundushathūr, "Cloudyhead", one of the mountains above Moria (LotR1/II ch. 3, TI:174)
Sigin "long" in Sigin-tarāg, q.v. (PM:321) If Khuzdul adjectives agree in number, this may be a plural form (or the basic form may be preferred in compounds).
Sigin-tarāg, "the Longbeards" (PM:321)
tarāg "beards" in Sigin-tarāg, q.v. (PM:321). Sg. *turg?
Tharkūn, Dwarvish name of Gandalf, said to mean "Staff-man" (LotR2/IV ch. 5, UT:353)
Tumunzahar "Hollowbold", Dwarvish name of Nogrod (Silm ch. 10)
-u "in/of" in Bundushathur, Bund-u-shathur "Head in/of Clouds" (TI:174), Uzbad Khazad-dūmu "Lord of Moria" (LotR1/II ch. 4)
[Udushinbar - a form Tolkien seems to have replaced with Bundushathūr (TI:174)]
ūl "streams" in Azanulbizar (RS:466)
-ul, possible adjectival suffix (Khuzdul "Dwarvish", Fundinul "[son] of Fundin")
[Uruktharbun a name of Moria? (possibly replaced by Khazad-dūm) (RS:458)]
Uzbad "Lord" (LotR1/II ch 4)
zāram "lake, pool" (in Narag-zāram and Kheled-zāram, RS:466)
Z-G-L radicals of zigil (TI:174)
zigil either "spike (smaller and more slender than a horn)" (TI:174) or a word for "silver" (TI:175) - the compound Zirak-zigil is said to mean "Silver-spike", but it is not entirely clear which element means "silver" and which means "spike". According to Tolkien's latest explanation, zigil means "silver", and in accordance with this, Zigilnād is listed as a name of the Silverlode (Celebrant) in one source (PM:279, 286). However, TI:174, 175 clearly implies that the name Kibil-nāla (occurring in LotR itself) is the Dwarvish designation of this river. See Kibil-nāla.
zirak either "silver" (colour not metal, cf. kibil) or "spike"; see zigil. Since Tolkien's final decision seems to have been that in the name Zirak-zigil "Silvertine, Silverspike", it is the zigil part that means "silver", zirak must mean "spike" (TI:174 vs. 175). Zirak either "Silver" or (more probably) "Spike", short name of Zirak-zigil, q.v. (LotR1/II ch. 3) Perhaps also in Gamil Zirak, q.v.
[Zirakinbar "Silverhorn" (see inbar), form Tolkien evidently replaced by Zirak-zigil "Silvertine". (SD:45)]
Zirak-zigil "Silvertine", one of the mountains over Moria (Sindarin Celebdil).
Z-N radicals of words for "dark, dim" (RS:466). In Azanulbizar, q.v.
Z-R-K radicals of zirik, q.v. (TI:174)
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Jul 11th, 2004 02:21 PM
but me loves the tomb inscriptions 
is illegal otherwise.
