ORC LANGUAGES
 

Resource Title:   ORC LANGUAGE OF TOLKIEN
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Calle Mattsson
The Tolkien Monster Encyclopedia
RTF Document: Orc Language of Tolkien
March 17, 2002
This work provides many orc words as spoken by Tolkien's orcs, and basic gramatical rules.

 

 

 
Black Speech Word List

-aga misprint for `-uga' `Vinyar Tengwar'
-atverb infinitive
-haipeople (collective plural)
-inoun plural after consonant
-ishiin (case suffix)
-obof (case suffix)
-unoun plural after consonant
-ub-verb future tense suffix
-ugverb present active participle
-ugaverb past passive participle
-uukall
-ulthem
-um-ness, -yness
-uurfor (case suffix)
-uurza common adjective-forming suffix
-znoun plural after vowel
a-prefixed to an interrogative makes it into a relative
aghand
albaielf (or) elves
amalwhere (relative)
ashone
AzogPN an orc-leader of Moria (LOTR III; TH)
bagronkdung-pit
BolgPN an orc-leader
bugd-call (v)
burguulshadow (`burz + guul')
burzumdarkness
buubpig
buurzdark (adj)
durb-rule (v)
durubruler
dush(meaning unknown)
DushgoiPN Minas Morgul
DushgoizaghMorgul Pass
duump-doom
fauth-lie hidden
gaakhlet it be that (= Quenya `nai')
gakhthree
gazatdwarf
ghaashfire
GhaashPN an orc of Kirith Ungol
ghashumheat
gimb-find (v)
globfilth
goi(meaning unknown)
GolfimbulPN leader of orcs of Mount Gram, slain at Greenfields
golugelves (Angband Orkish (without suffix) for "Noldor" pl.)
GorbagPN an orc-leader of Minas Morgul, killed by Shagrat (LotR III)
gothlord, master ('Gothmog')
GothmogPN (see `goth') (elsewhere treated as Sindarin)
GrishnaakhPN an orc of Mordor, slain by Rohirrim (LOTR II 437)
gundstone
guulwraith
hoshguts (= viscera)
ilidelf (or) elves
KhamuulPN second in command in the Nazguul
krakfive
krimp-bind (v)
krithnine
LagdufPN an orc of Kirith Ungol, killed by Morgul Orcs (LOTR III)
latyou
lata-under PREP
lugtower
Lugburzum(n) the very dark patch of dark around Barad-duur
LugbuurzPN Barad-duur
LugdushPN an orc of Isengard, slain by Rohirrim (LOTR II)
LughornPN an orc
m-root of interrogative words
malwhere? (interrog)
mat-die (v)
matuurzmortal (adj)
MauhuurPN an orc of Isengard, slain by Rohirrim (LOTR II)
mogvoice ('Gothmog')
MorgothPN (see `goth') (elsewhere treated as Sindarin)
MuzgashPN an orc of Kirith Ungol, killed by Morgul Orcs (LOTR III)
narkuunever
nazgring
NazguulRing-wraith (< `nazg + guul')
nuutsky
oghorDruuadan
ologMordor light-tolerant troll
prakh-lure (v)
pushdugstinking (adj. or participle)
RadbugPN an orc of Minas Morgul, killed by Shagrat (LOTR III)
SarumanPN the wizard (Mannish word)
shatogether with (prep)
ShagratPN an orc of Mordor (LOTR III)
shakhlord
sharaman (= not elf etc)
sharkuuold man (Isengard Orkish)
ShelobPN the giant spider monster of Kirith Ungol (LOTR III)
ShelobzaghPN Kirith Ungol
skaigah! (exclamation)
SnagaPN an orc of Isengard, slain by Rohirrim
SnagaPN an orc of Kirith Ungol, slain by Sam Gamgee
snagaslave (and used by Uruk-hai as = `orc of smaller breed')
srinkh-gather (v) (transitive)
tahim
tabhis (< `ta + ob')
takthem
talaabove (prep)
tarkman of Nuumenoorean descent (< Quenya `tarkil')
thrak-bring (v)
throqu-devour (v)
tugonly (adv)
uto (prep.)
uduseven
UfthakPN an orc of Kirith Ungol, caught by Shelob (LOTR III)
UgluukPN an orc-leader of Isengard, slain by Eomer (LOTR II)
uliimathrone
urukone of a breed of big orcs
uzgland
YaguulPN an orc
zathis
zaghmountain pass
 

* PN = Proper Name

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