A verb for “steal” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√NAQA of similar meaning (QL/64).
Early Quenya
pili-
verb. to steal
naqa-
verb. to steal
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A verb appearing as ᴱQ. pili- “steal” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PILI “rob” (QL/74).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. pil- “to steal, ✱rob” for purposes of Neo-Quenya as the best of the attested verbs meaning “steal”. For example, this verb was used in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).