Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : polca

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] polca n. “pig” (Category: Pig)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] polca, n. “pig” (Category: Pig)

See ᴱQ. ‽polka for discussion.

Element In

ᴺQ. carcapolca “boar, *(lit.) tusk-pig”
ᴺQ. !ehtipolca “porcupine, (lit.) spike-pig”

Derivations

< √POL “can, have physical power and ability; large, big (strong); pound up, break up small, reduce to powder”

ᴱQ. ‽polka n. “pig” (Category: Pig)

The word ᴱQ. polka “pig” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, under the early root ᴱ√POLO “have strength”, but Tolkien marked it with a “?” (QL/75). However, it appeared elsewhere as an element in ᴱQ. karkapolka “boar” = “*tusk pig” (QL/48).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain this word as ᴺQ. polca for purposes of Neo-Quenya, since √POL survived in Tolkien’s later writings.

References ✧ PME/75; QL/48, 75

Glosses

“pig” ✧ QL/75 (‽polka)

Element In

ᴱQ. karkapolka “boar, *(lit.) tusk-pig” ✧ QL/48

Derivations

< ᴱ√POLO “have stength” ✧ QL/75

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√POLO > ‽polka

[polkā] > [polka]

✧ QL/75