enquëa

ordinal. sixth

Cognates

• S. enchui “sixth” ✧ VT42/25
• T. enetya “sixth” ✧ VT42/25

Elements

Word	Gloss
enquë	“six”
-ëa	“ordinal suffix”

Variations

• enquea ✧ VT42/25

enquë

cardinal. six

enquë ("q") cardinal "six" (ÉNEK, VT48:4, 6, 9, VT49:57); enquëa ordinal "sixth" (VT42:25); see also enquië. According to VT48:8, the word for "six" may have been encë ("k") in very early Quenya (the form is asterisked by Tolkien), but this was altered to enquë under the influence of yunquë "twelve" (perceived as meaning "2 times 6", *yú-enquë, with the prefix yú- "twi-").

enquë

cardinal. six

Cognates

• S. eneg “six” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06; VT48/08
• T. enec “six” ✧ VT48/06; VT48/08

Derivations

• √ENEK “six” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/09; VT48/10

Element in

• Q. enenquë “sixteen”
• ᴺQ. enquain “sixty”
• ᴺQ. enenquain “sixty”
• ᴺQ. enenquëan “sixty”
• Q. enquëa “sixth”
• ᴺQ. enquellumë “six times”
• Q. enquesta “one sixth”
• Q. enquië “Elvish week of six days”
• Q. yunquë “twelve” ✧ VT48/10

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√enk- > enque	[eŋkwe]	✧ PE17/095
√eneke/enke > enque	[eneke] > [eŋke] > [eŋkwe]	✧ VT48/07
√eneke > enke > enque	[eneke] > [eŋke] > [eŋkwe]	✧ VT48/08
√enek > enekw > enque	[eneke] > [eŋke] > [eŋkwe]	✧ VT48/09
√enekwe > enque	[enekwe] > [eŋkwe]	✧ VT48/10

Variations

• enque ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/09; VT48/10