A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “catch”, contrasted with ᴱ√LAPA “enfold” and ᴱ√LṆQṆ “catch, come on, light on, find, get” (QL/51, 55). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and it may have been replaced by ᴹ√GAT of similar meaning (Ety/GAT).
Early Primitive Elvish
lṇqṇ
root. catch, come on, light on, find, get
laqa
root. catch
kok Speculative
root. catch
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “catch, come on, light on, find, get”, with derivatives ᴱQ. lanq- “get by lot or luck, find” and ᴱQ. lanqa “lot, luck, piece of fortune, happen” (QL/55). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.