Q. polda adj. “big” (Category: Big, Large, Great)
An adjective for “big” derived from √pol “large, big (strong)” in a page of notes having to do with “large & small” roots, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115). Another note from the same period had deleted forms polda, polya, also meaning “big” (PE17/115). The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. polda “strong, burly” derived from the root ᴹ√POL(OD) “physically strong” (Ety/POL). Early Qenya word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱQ. polda “mighty, powerful” along side ᴱQ. poldórea “powerful” (PE16/137), while the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. poldorea “muscular” under the early root ᴱ√POLO “have strength” (QL/75).
Neo-Quenya: For most of Tolkien’s life, the root √POL was connected to physical ability and strength, so for purposes of Neo-Quenya I would assume polda means someone that is both “big and strong” simultaneously, with “burly” being a single English word that approximates its meaning.
References ✧ PE17/115
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| Q. pol > polda | [polna] > [polda] | ✧ PE17/115 |
ᴹQ. polda adj. “strong, burly” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)
Reference ✧ Ety/POL ✧ “strong, burly”
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| ᴹ√POL/POLOD > polda | [polda] | ✧ Ety/POL |
ᴱQ. polda adj. “mighty, powerful” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)
Reference ✧ PE16/137 ✧ “mighty, powerful”