Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : pol-

ᴺS. !pol- v. “can, to be (physically) able to” (Category: Can, May)

ᴺS. !pol-, v. “can, to be (physically) able to” [created by Unknown] (Category: Can, May): G. og- “to be able, can”

A neologism for “can, be (physically) able”, analogous to its Quenya equivalent Q. pol-. This neologism has been in use so long that I cannot identify its origin. I would use this verb for physical capacity and would use [N.] ista- for mental capacity, as in pelin peded “I can speak (because my mouth is working)” versus istan peded “I can speak (because I know how to)”.

Cognates

Q. pol- “can, to be able to”

Derivations

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