13.55 Ordinal Number (Sindarin) S. canthui num. “fourth” A Sindarin word for “fourth” appearing in notes on numbers associated with The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, an adjective form of canad “four” using the suffix -ui (VT42/25). In author’s note 5 of that document, Tolkien said
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Select Elvish Words: 13.55 Ordinal Number (Quenya)
13.55 Ordinal Number (Quenya) Q. cantëa num. “fourth” A word for “fourth” in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s (VT42/25), an adjectival form of canta “four”. Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. kanya “fourth” also based on ᴱQ. kanta “four” (PE14/51, 82).
Select Elvish Words: 13.543 Huge Cardinal Number
13.543 Huge Cardinal Number ᴱQ. enqendóre num. “*sextillion” The manuscript version of the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. enqendóra “*six million” (PE14/50), but in the typescript version this became ᴱQ. enqendóre “*sextillion” (PE14/83), a combination of ᴱQ. enqe “six” and the “-illion” suffix ᴱQ. -(n)dóre. Neo-Quenya:
Select Elvish Words: 13.542 Large Cardinal Number
13.542 Large Cardinal Number ᴱQ. enekkainen num. “sixty” The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. enekkainen “sixty” as a combination of ᴱQ. enekse “six” and ᴱQ. kainen “ten” (PE14/49, 82). Neo-Quenya: Late in Tolkien’s life, Tolkien changed the Quenya word for “ten” to quëan or quain, which
Select Elvish Words: 13.541 Teen Cardinal Number
13.541 Teen Cardinal Number Q. canquë num. “*fourteen” One of a set of Quenya “teen” numbers appearing in rough notes on numbers from the late 1960s appearing as kanakwe and likely meaning “fourteen” (VT48/21). I am of the opinion that this is a primitive form, and the modern Quenya form
Select Elvish Words: 13.54 Cardinal Number (Sindarin)
13.54 Cardinal Number S. canad num. “four” The Sindarin word for “four” based on the root √KANAT of the same meaning (PE17/95; VT42/24; VT48/6; Ety/KÁNAT). Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. cant “four” (GL/25). Some rough notes from the 1960s had a variant form cened “four”,
Select Elvish Words: 13.54 Cardinal Number (Quenya)
13.54 Cardinal Number Q. canta num. “four” The Quenya word for “four” derived from the root √KANAT of the same meaning (PE17/95; VT42/24; VT48/6; Ety/KÁNAT). Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. kanta “four” dates all the way back to the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s (PE14/49, 82), but in
Select Elvish Words: 13.41-13.45 Three
13.41 Three Q. neldë num. “three” The Quenya word for “three” derived from √NEL(ED) of the same meaning (VT47/10-11; Ety/NEL). Conceptual Development: This use of nelde for “three” dates back all the way to Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s (PE14/49, 82). However, in the Qenya Lexicon of the
Select Elvish Words: 13.38 Double, Twice
13.38 Double, Twice Q. at(a)- pref. “double, [repeat a] second time; [ᴱQ.] bi-, twi-; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] back, again, re-” A prefix for “double” based on √AT of similar meaning used in various words like atendëa “double-middle” (RC/728) and atamaitë “two-handed” (PE17/162). In notes from around 1959 Tolkien said it could also
Select Elvish Words: 13.37 Second
13.37 Second Q. attëa adj. “second” The usual Quenya word for “second”, an adjectival form of atta “two” (VT42/25). Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. potsina appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “rearward, back, rear, hinder”, and based on ᴱQ. pote “after, behind (of place)” under