A word for “body” in notes on parts of the body from the 1920s (PE14/117).
Early Quenya
pulko
noun. body, trunk, bole of tree
Cognates
- G. baul “body, trunk” ✧ GL/22
Derivations
- ᴱ√PULU “swell” ✧ QL/075
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√PULU > pulko [bulkō] > [bulko] > [pulko] ✧ QL/075 Variations
- pulka ✧ GL/22
kolume
noun. body
Element in
- Eq. rantali n·kolumen “parts of the body” ✧ PE14/117
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.