Quenya numbers
From Tolkien Gateway
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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
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.
