Ai! Lá polin saca i quettar!
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A word for “tenth” in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s (VT42/25), an adjectival form of quain “ten”.
Conceptual Development: Rough notes also from the 1960s had kaina as an adjectival form of “ten” along with a normal form cëa(n) (VT48/12), apparently just before Tolkien changed the root for “ten” from √KAYAN to √KWAYAM. The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had {keatya >>} ᴱQ. keanya “tenth” along with a variant ᴱQ. kaiya, both based on ᴱQ. kai “ten” (PE14/51, 82).