okka

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okka is a Qenya word meaning "knee".[1]

Helge Fauskanger has suggested that the form occa (retaining the same meaning) could be valid Neo-Quenya.[2]

Etymology

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 70 (form: nosse)
  2. Helge Fauskanger, "English-Quenya Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)" at Ardalambion (accessed 25 June 2011)