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caistanótië

noun. decimal system

Elements

WordGloss
caista“one tenth”
nótië“*counting”

Variations

  • kaistanótie ✧ VT48/11

caista

one tenth

[caista] ("k"), fraction "one tenth" (1/10), also cast, an unusual Quenya form since the language does not normally tolerate two consonants finally (VT48:11). Compound caistanótië ("k") "decimal system" (in counting) (ibid.) However, Tolkien later rejected the root KAYAN "ten" in favour of KWAYA(M), changing the cardinal "ten" from cainen to quain, quëan (VT48:13). Apparently we must therefore read *quaista as the new fraction "one tenth".

caista

fraction. one tenth

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
KAYAN“ten”
asta“month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)”

Variations

  • kaista ✧ VT48/11
  • kast ✧ VT48/11

nótië

counting

#nótië "counting", isolated from caistanótië, q.v.

maquanotië

noun. decimal system

Elements

WordGloss
maqua“hand-full, group of five (similar) things; hand (colloquial); closing or closed [hand] (facing down) for taking”
nótië“*counting”

Variations

  • maquanotie ✧ VT47/10

quaista

one tenth

*quaista, reconstructed/updated fraction "one tenth"; see caista.

cast

one tenth

[cast] ("k"), fraction "one tenth", but the form is apparently obsolete; see caista. (VT48:11)

cast

fraction. one tenth

not-

reckon

not- vb. "reckon" (NOT); compare onot-. Passive participle nótina "counted, reckoned" (FS), nótima "countable" (PE17:68), #notië "counting, reckoning" in maquanotië "decimal system" (VT47:10), variant #nótië in caistanótië of similar meaning (VT48:11).

quaista

fraction. one tenth

@@@ as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/quaista)

Elements

WordGloss
quain“ten”
asta“month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)”
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