12.63 Thick (in Dimension)
- ᴱQ. pulu- v. “to swell (intr.)”
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The verb ᴱQ. pulu- “swell (intr.)” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PULU of the same meaning (QL/75).
Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺ√PUL “swell” as a root for purposes of Neo-Eldarin, so I would retain ᴺQ. pulu- for “swell” as well. Helge Fauskanger treated pulu- as a u-verb in his Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT) and I also follow this pattern. I would use this verb for “swell without notion of fatness” such as for a swelling balloon or rising bread, as opposed to ᴹQ. tiuya- “swell, grow fat”.
- ᴹQ. tiuca adj. “thick, fat; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] dense, solid”
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An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “thick, fat” derived from ᴹ✶tiukā under the root ᴹ√TIW of similar meaning (Ety/TIW).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tiuka “dense, solid” and ᴱQ. tyúka “thick”, both likely derived from the early root ᴱ√TIW̯I (QL/50, 93).
- ᴹQ. tiuya- v. “to swell, grow fat”
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A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as {tiuta- >>} tiuya- “swell, grow fat” under the root ᴹ√TIW “fat, thick” (Ety/TIW).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. piute- “flourish, batten, grow fat” under the early root ᴱ√PIẆI (QL/74).
- N. tûg v. “thick, fat”
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An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s, cognate to ᴹQ. tiuka “thick, fat” and derived from primitive ᴹ✶tiukā under the root ᴹ√TIW “fat, thick” (Ety/TIW). In Noldorin of the 1930s, primitive iu became ū, as opposed to Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s where primitive iu became ȳ.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would retain tûg “thick, fat” to distinguish it from ᴺS. tŷg “thigh” by assuming tûg is derived from a variant primitive *tyūkā with ancient ty > t.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. polc “thick, fat” (GL/64), perhaps related to ᴱQ. pulwa “fat, bulky” based on the early root ᴱ√PULU “swell” (QL/75). The Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s had ᴱN. dolch “stout” (PE13/124-125), and the word dolch reappeared in contemporaneous Early Noldorin word-lists with the gloss “thick, stout” (PE13/142).