A neologism coined by Luinyelle on 2023-09-08, a strengthened abstract noun formation of √NDAB¹ “endeavor, try, seek opportunity”. I think the meaning of the root does not work well for this purpose, and would recommend ᴺQ. ampollië “great effort, struggle” instead, based on attested empollie.

The word empollie appeared in the untranslated phrase á rike empollie in rough notes from the 1960s (PE17/167). Christopher Gilson suggested this was likely an early attempt by Tolkien to define the Quenya expression for “try harder”, elsewhere given as ā rike am(a)ríkie which more literally means “try [with] more trying” (PE17/94). The later phrase involves an intensified noun/adverbial form of the verb ric- “to try”, and it seems likely that empollie is a similar intensified form of pol- “to be [physically] able to”. If so, it probably means something like “*with more effort”.

Neo-Quenya: This word has some pecularities given its abnormal noun/adverb form pollië rather than the expected polië or pólië, and an abnormal intensive[?] prefix em- rather than an- or am- [before p]. As such, I would avoid it in the sense “harder” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, using the á ricë amrícië construction instead; see that entry for discussion.

However, I think it is worth salvaging this word as a noun ᴺQ. ampollië meaning “great effort, struggle”, using the more regular intensive prefix am-.