Quenya numbers: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
m (Undo revision 110635 by 201.72.78.15 (Talk)) |
m (See also: Sindarin numbers) |
||
(5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
*1/11:''[[minquesta]]'' | *1/11:''[[minquesta]]'' | ||
*1/12:''[[yunquesta]]'' | *1/12:''[[yunquesta]]'' | ||
==See Also== | |||
* [[Sindarin_numbers|Sindarin numbers]] | |||
==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/numerals.htm Ardalambion on Quenya numbers] - Early theory on how we can count above ten; uses material from | * [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/numerals.htm Ardalambion on Quenya numbers] - Early theory on how we can count above ten; uses material from ''[[The Etymologies]]'' | ||
*[http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/numerals.html Eldarin Numberals] by Thorsten Renk - Discussion of different numerical concepts through the evolution of Tolkien's languages. | *[http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/numerals.html Eldarin Numberals] by Thorsten Renk - Discussion of different numerical concepts through the evolution of Tolkien's languages. | ||
[[Category:Quenya numbers|*]] | [[Category:Quenya numbers|*]] |
Revision as of 23:25, 5 April 2011
Quenya numbers |
---|
|
The Quenya Numbers were as follows:
- minë = one
- atta = two
- neldë = three
- canta = four
- lempë = five
- enquë = six
- otso = seven
- tolto = eight
- nertë = nine
- quain = ten
- minquë = eleven
- yunque = twelve
- quainel/nelquea/yunquenta = thirteen
- quaican = fourteen
- lepenque/quailepen = fifteen
- enenque/quainque = sixteen
- otoque = seventeen
- toloque = eighteen
- neterque = nineteen
- haran = one hundred
Ordinals
Fractions
- 1/2:peresta, perta
- 1/3:nelesta, neldesta, nelta, nelsat
- 1/4:canasta, casta, cansat
- 1/5:lepesta, lepsat
- 1/6:enquesta
- 1/7:otosta, osta, otsat
- 1/8:tolosta, tosta, tolsat
- 1/9:neresta, nesta, nersat
- 1/10:caista, cast
- 1/11:minquesta
- 1/12:yunquesta
See Also
Online Resources
- Ardalambion on Quenya numbers - Early theory on how we can count above ten; uses material from The Etymologies
- Eldarin Numberals by Thorsten Renk - Discussion of different numerical concepts through the evolution of Tolkien's languages.