Adjective:

ಮನೆಯಂತೆ, ಚಿರಪರಿಚಿತ,

gnomelike's Usage Examples:

school friend from Winchester, William Empson, described him as "a small, gnomelike figure with a grin like a Cheshire cat and a pronounced Dublin accent.

The gnome Ingrid Bottomlow has displeased her family by her un-gnomelike behaviour, such as going off to university and getting an education.

Boston knew him for a sputtery, gnomelike person who wore a flowing cape for evening, carried a stout bamboo stick.

so named by them because of the resemblance of the island to a small gnomelike creature rising from the sea.

Boston knew him for a sputtery, gnomelike person who wore a flowing cape for evening, carried a stout.

A Tomte is mostly portrayed as a small, gnomelike spirit being who lives on a farm and takes care of it (or the family).