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.

A neologism coined by Luinyelle posted on 2024-01-31 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), an adjectival form of √TAY “stretch, extend”. This is an updated version of the early word ᴱQ. lenka “slow” from the 1910s, which was (partly) based on the 1910s root ᴱ√LENE¹ which had derivatives like ᴱQ. lenu- “to stretch”. I prefer to just retain [ᴺQ.] lenca for “slow” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.