nelquëa, cardinal "thirteen" (?) (VT48:21). This looks like an odd form next to other cardinals that simply end in -quë (like lepenquë, enenquë, otoquë = 15, 16, 17), and the form "nelekwe" also listed may indicate another Quenya form nelequë (q.v.) or *nelquë (but because of the uncertainties, yunquentë may be preferred as the word for 13). By another theory, nelquëa* is the ordinal "thirteenth", corresponding to the cardinal nel(e)quë**.
Quenya
lepenquë
cardinal. fifteen
lepenquë
cardinal. *fifteen
Cognates
Element in
- ᴺQ. lepenquëa “fifteenth”
Elements
Word Gloss lempë “five” Variations
- lepenque ✧ VT48/21
- quailepen ✧ VT48/21
nelquëa
cardinal. thirteen
quailepen
cardinal. fifteen
quailepen, cardinal "fifteen" (but lepenquë may be preferred) (VT48:21)
nelequë
cardinal. thirteen
?nelequë ("kw") cardinal "thirteen" (VT48:21). The spelling "nelekwe" occurring in the primary source could suggest that this is really a Common Eldarin form; if so, one could theorize that the Quenya form would be *nelquë with syncope of the middle vowel (the same source lists "minikwe" as a word for 11, and the Quenya form is known to be minque). Compare nelquëa*. On the other hand, "tolokwe" as a word for 18 is listed together with definite Quenya forms and is apparently an unorthodox spelling of toloquë** (as observed by the editor); here no syncope producing *tolquë occurs. Thus toloquë could support ?nelequë as the Quenya word (but because of the uncertainties, yunquentë may be preferred as the word for 13).
quailepen
cardinal. *fifteen
Cognates
- ᴺS. paeleben “fifteen”
quainel
cardinal. thirteen
quainel, cardinal "thirteen" (but yunquentë may be preferred) (VT48:21)
yunquenta
cardinal. thirteen
yunquenta cardinal "thirteen" (12 and one more) (VT47:15), variant yunquentë (VT47:40), compare entë #1.
yunquenta
cardinal. thirteen
yunquentë
cardinal. thirteen
Elements
Word Gloss yunquë “twelve” enta “another, one more, another, one more; [ᴹQ.] that yonder, then (fut.); [ᴱQ.] that there (emphatic)” Variations
- yunquenta ✧ VT47/15
- yunquente ✧ VT47/40
lepenquë cardinal "fifteen" (VT48:21)