enquië

enquië

enquië noun, Eldarin six-day week, pl. enquier (Appendix D). Cf. enquë "6". Compare lemnar, otsola.

enquië

noun. Elvish week of six days

Elements

Word	Gloss
enquë	“six”
-ië	“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

• enquie ✧ PE17/119

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

lemnar

week

lemnar noun "week" (of five days) (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK). Compare enquië, otsola.

otsola

week

otsola noun "week" (evidently referring to a week of seven days like our own, since otso = seven). (GL:62). Compare enquië, the Eldarin six-day week, and lemnar, a five-day week.