Quenya numbers

Quenya numbers
minë = one atta = two neldë = three canta = four lempë = five enquë = six otso = seven tolto = eight nertë = nine cainen = ten minquë = eleven yunquë = twelve haran = one hundred

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

1. minya
2. tatya > attea
3. nelya/neldea
4. cantea
5. lemenya > lempea
6. enquea
7. otsea
8. toldea
9. nertea
10. quainea

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

• Sindarin numbers

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.