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

yunque is the number twelve (12) in Quenya.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

From yú + enquë "double six".

PQ form given also as yu-(e)neke > yunke but this was altered due to the influence of minquë

Cognates

Telerin yumpe (from original yunece)
Sindarin yneb (from original yneg)

References

↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005
↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005

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