Reconstructed Maironic Black-Speech
Canonical Words:
agh conj. “and”
ash num. card. “one”
-at suf. “verb ending (like a participle)”
búrz adj. “dark”
burzum n. “darkness”
durb- v. “constrain, force, dominate”
ghâsh n. “fire”
gimb- v. “to seek out, to discover”
gûl suf. “phantom, shadow of dark magic, wraith; †black arts, sorcery”
gûldur n. “sorcery”
-hai suf. “folk”
ishi prep. “in, inside”
krimp- v. “to tie, to bind”
lûg n. “fortress, lock-up, prison”
nazg n. “ring”
Nazgûl n. “Ring-wraith”
Oghor-hai n. “Wose-folk”
olog n. “Troll”
Olog-hai n. “Troll-folk””
snaga n. “slave”
thrak- v. “to bring by force, to hale, to drag”
u prep. “to”
-ûk suf. “the whole, all”
-ul suf. “3rd-person-pl-object, them”
-um article. “particularizing suffix”
uruk n. “Orc”
Uruk-hai n. “Orc-folk”
Canonical Orkish Words:
pushdug n. and adj. “dungfilth; stinking”
sha prep. “with”
sharkû n. “old man”
skai interj. “interject[ion] of contempt
tark n. “man of Gondor”
goth n. “lord or master”
glob n. “fool; filth”
Golug n. “Noldor”
bagronk n. “cesspool; torture chamber”
búbhosh adj. and n. “great; dung-heap, muck heap”
Reconstructed Words from Valarin:
athâr: to appoint
ath-: light
azhân: Ainu
dalgû: dome
mâgal: throne
mâghan: authority
nâzhar: Sauron
tûlgha: yellow
ulu: water
Reconstructed Words from Khuzdul:
ghâlab: language
-ai: upon
barak: axe
bazrâ: valley, dale
dûm: hall
kuzd: dwarf
kîb: silver
mar-: wisdom, knowledge, information
man-: thou