Hobbitish

Hobbitish is the language of the Hobbits of the Shire. It is also called Hobbit-speech and Shire-speech, and is related to the Westron spoken by the Race of Man, but with some distinct vocabulary.

Common Terms

bam - bean

borings - dens

bottle - dwelling

brocken - badger

cleeve - cliff

farthing - quarter

furlong - field

gam - game

mathom - knick-knack

michel - large

mor - moor

oliphaunt - elephant

no - new

scary - precipice

smial - large hobbit-hole

stock - hamlet

tigh - rope

ton - town

wich - village

windle - spindle

withy - willow

Places

Bamfurlong - Bean-field

Brockenborings - Badger-dens

Frogmorton - Frogmoor-town

Gamwich - Game-village

Great Smials - Great Hobbit-holes

Hobbiton - Hobbit-town

Long Cleeve - Long Cliff

Michel Delving - Large Delving

Narrowcleeve - Narrow-cliff

Nobottle - New Dwelling

Scary - Precipice

Stock - Hamlet

Tighfield - Rope-field

Withywindle - Willow-spindle