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Early Quenya

pulko

noun. body, trunk, bole of tree

The word ᴱQ. pulko “body, trunk, bole of tree” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√PULU “swell” (QL/75). The form ᴱQ. pulka appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as a cognate of G. baul “body, trunk” (GL/22).

Neo-Quenya: I think this word is worth retaining as ᴺQ. pulco for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but when applied to humans I would use it more with the sense “✱torso” (the main portion of the body) as opposed to the entire body, which would be Q. hröa.

Cognates

  • G. baul “body, trunk” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PULU “swell” ✧ QL/075

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√PULU > pulko[bulkō] > [bulko] > [pulko]✧ QL/075

Variations

  • pulka ✧ GL/22
Early Quenya [GL/22; QL/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kolume

noun. body

A word for “body” in notes on parts of the body from the 1920s (PE14/117).

Element in

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