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).
Quenya
maquanotië
noun. decimal system
Elements
Word Gloss maqua “hand-full, group of five (similar) things; hand (colloquial); closing or closed [hand] (facing down) for taking” nótië “*counting” Variations
- maquanotie ✧ VT47/10
maqua
hand-full; complete hand with all five fingers; a closing of closed [hand] (facing down) for taking; group of five (similar) things
caistanótië
noun. decimal system
Elements
Word Gloss caista “one tenth” nótië “*counting” Variations
- kaistanótie ✧ VT48/11
not-
reckon
maqua noun "a hand-full; complete hand with all five fingers; a closing of closed [hand] (facing down) for taking; group of five (similar) things"; in colloquial usage also "hand" as a limb (VT47:7, 18-20); dual maquat "group of ten" (VT47:7, 10). Compounded maquanotië = "decimal system" in counting (VT47:10), Lungumaqua "Heavyhand" (VT47:19)