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Q. axë n. “neck (vertebrae), rock ridge” (Category: Neck)

Q. axë, n. “neck [vertebrae], *(upper) spine; rock ridge” (Category: Neck)
ᴹQ. yat¹ “neck; [ᴱQ.] isthmus”

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).

References ✧ PE17/92, 146; RC/537

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aksi plural ✧ PE17/92

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Phonetic Developments

AKAS > †akas [akas] ✧ PE17/92
AKAS > axo [akso] ✧ PE17/146