Q. ópa n. “mouth (opening of which the lips are the edges)” (Category: Mouth)
A word appearing in some 1964 notes on various elements of the mouth, specifically referring to the “opening of which the lips, or pempi, are the edges”, from the root √OP (PE17/126). Tolkien initially wrote (and then deleted) the form {ōka} and the root {√OK}. This is likely a technical term, as opposed to the more ordinary word for mouth: Q. anto.
Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. óvo or ó “mouth” appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s (PE16/136).
References ✧ PE17/126
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| √OP > ōpa | [ōpa] | ✧ PE17/126 |
| √OK > ōka | [ōpa] | ✧ PE17/126 |