A noun for “jaw” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MATA “eat” (QL/59-60).
Early Quenya
nak
noun. anything stolen, a theft, a trick
naka-
verb. to bite
naksa
adjective. sour
hulqa
adjective. naked
falka
adjective. naked, bare
hulin
adjective. naked
anto
noun. jaw
fingwa
adjective. narrow
hualqe
cardinal. eighteen
kolwa
adjective. narrow, thin
kâ
noun. jaw
mak-
verb. to slay
maktya-
verb. to kill
maqar
noun. jaw
nele
noun. tooth
nyat
noun. tooth
pelekta-
verb. to hew
A verb for “hew” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s related to ᴱQ. pelekko “axe” (QL/73).
tolkea
cardinal. eighteen
A verb for “kill” in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, a causative form of ᴱQ. maka- “die” (PE14/58).