nettë (stem *netti-, given the primitive form listed in VT47:17) noun "girl, daughter" (but also "sister", see below), also used as a play-name of the "fourth finger" or "fourth toe" (VT47:10, VT48:6), in two-hand play also used for the numeral "nine" (nettë is conceived as being related to nertë, q.v.) Nettë is also defined as "sister" or "girl approaching the adult" (VT47:16, VT49:25), "girl/daughter" (VT47:15-16); it may be that "sister" was Tolkien's final decision on the meaning (VT48:4, 22) - The related word nésa seems like a less ambiguous translation of "sister".
Quenya
nertë
cardinal. nine
nertë
cardinal. nine
nertëa
ordinal. ninth
nettë
girl, daughter
huë
cardinal. nine
huë "Qenya" cardinal "nine" (in Tolkiens later Quenya nertë) (VT49:54)
olma
cardinal. nine
olma cardinal "nine" (LT1:258; in Tolkien's later Quenya nertë)
nertë cardinal "nine" (NÉTER, VT42:26, VT48:6); nertëa ordinal "ninth" (VT42:25)