mólë

noun. labour, *work

A form appearing as mōle after the verb mol- “labour” in notes on “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115). The section where these words appeared was deleted. The form mōle might be a noun, or might be the past tense of the verb = “worked”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I assume ᴺQ. mólë is a noun meaning “labour, ✱work”. Helge Fauskanger instead used ᴺQ. molië “labour, work” in his NQNT (NQNT), but I think that is too similar to ᴺQ. mólië “slavery”. Petri Tikka coined ᴺQ. tarassë “labour” in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s as a cognate of [N.] tass “labour, task”, but since the root meaning was “trouble” I think it is unlikely the Quenya word would have the same meaning as in Noldorin/Sindarin, and thus I prefer ᴺQ. tassa “trouble” as the cognate.

mol-

labour

mol- vb. "labour" (a form mólë also listed is presumably the pa.t. though it could also be "labour" as a noun) (PE17:115)

mólë

noun. labour, *work

móletyeller

noun. career, (lit.) work-steps

A neologism for “career” coined by Sami Paldanius in the 1000W project (1000W) as a combination of mólë “work” and the plural of tyellë “step”, so more literally “work-steps”.

moia-

labour, be afflicted

moia- vb. "labour, be afflicted" (VT43:31)

móta-

labour, toil

móta- noun "labour, toil" (MŌ)

numbë

root, foundation

[numbë noun "root, foundation", also núvë (VT45:38)]

núvë

root, foundation

[núvë noun "root, foundation", also numbë (VT45:38)]

sulca

root

sulca ("k") noun "root" (especially as edible) (SÚLUK)

tarassë

noun. labour