ᴱQ. lenka adj. “slow, dull, stiff; left (hand)” (Category: Slow)
A word appearing as ᴱQ. lenka in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “slow, dull, stiff”, also meaning “left (hand)”, derived from the early roots ᴱ√LEKE or ᴱ√LENE¹ (QL/52, 53).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. lenca “slow” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, as we have no other words with this meaning in Tolkien’s later writings. It might be derived from some Neo-Root ᴺ√LEKEN. However, I would disconnect this word from “left” as a direction, since in Tolkien’s later writings he said Elves were ambidextrous and did not have negative associations with the left-hand direction.
References ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/52-53
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| ‽ᴱ√LEKE > ‽lenka | [leŋkā] > [leŋka] | ✧ QL/52 |
| ᴱ√LENE > ‽lenka | [lenkā] > [leŋkā] > [leŋka] | ✧ QL/53 |