A word appearing as ᴱQ. Elben “heart” in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin of the 1910s (LT2/202; PE15/23), but as ᴱQ. Elwen “heart” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/35, 52). These words were connected to the character G. Elfrith who vanished from later versions of the legendarium.
Early Quenya
ende
cardinal. six
enqe
cardinal. six
toko-
verb. to feel with the hand, handle; to appraise, tax, assess, assay; to try, test, essay, endeavour
elben
noun. heart
elwen
noun. heart
enekse
cardinal. six
hon
noun. heart
honde
noun. heart
hondo
noun. heart
londa
noun. heart
mekilwa
adjective. central
mekta
adjective. centre
meqa
adjective. middle
metl
noun. centre
tóle
noun. centre
A verb appearing as ᴱQ. toko- in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TOKO with various meanings: “feel with the hand, handle; appraise, tax, assess, assay; try, test, essay, endeavour” (QL/94).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. toc- for purposes of Neo-Quenya but only for the sense “appraise, tax, assess, assay”. For “handle” I would use mahta-, and for “try” I would use nev- or ric-.