yaisa noun "steel" (GL:37)
Quenya
axë
noun. neck (vertebrae), rock ridge, neck [vertebrae], *(upper) spine; rock ridge
yaisa
steel
axë
noun. steel
axë
noun. neck (vertebrae), rock ridge, neck [vertebrae], *(upper) spine; rock ridge
yaisa
steel
yaisa noun "steel" (GL:37)
axë
noun. steel
A word for “neck” appearing in notes written around 1967 as akse with (archaic) variant akas, derived from the root √AKAS “neck, ridge” (PE17/92). Tolkien specified that it was “referring properly only to the vertebrae (the bony part of the neck not including throat)”, so a more accurate translation might be “✱(upper) spine”. This word could also apply to rock ridges. In an earlier version of this note Tolkien gave the form Q. axo “neck” (PE17/146), but that conflicts with Q. axo “bone” from the Markirya poem (MC/222-223).