A word for “vegetable” in Quenya Notes from 1957 (QN) derived from √KWĒ “live of vegetables” (PE17/159).
Quenya
quëa
vegetable
quëa
noun. vegetable
quëan
cardinal. ten
quëan cardinal "ten", also quain (VT48:6, 12, 20). Quain or quëan replaced the form cainen in Tolkiens conception.
quëan
cardinal. ten
cainen
cardinal. ten
[cainen] ("k") cardinal "ten" (KAYAN/KAYAR). According to VT48:12, Tolkien eventually rejected this word (cainen would only mean "I lay", sc. the pa.t. cainë with the ending -n "I"). See quain, quëan.
caista
one tenth
[caista] ("k"), fraction "one tenth" (1/10), also cast, an unusual Quenya form since the language does not normally tolerate two consonants finally (VT48:11). Compound caistanótië ("k") "decimal system" (in counting) (ibid.) However, Tolkien later rejected the root KAYAN "ten" in favour of KWAYA(M), changing the cardinal "ten" from cainen to quain, quëan (VT48:13). Apparently we must therefore read *quaista as the new fraction "one tenth".
ceula
ceula
ceula, see quëa
cëa
cardinal. ten
[cëa, cëan ("k") cardinal "ten", forms Tolkien later abandoned in favour of quain or quëan. An adjectival form caina ("k") was also listed, but must likewise be considered obsolete. (VT48:12-13, VT49:54)]
quain
cardinal. ten
quain cardinal "ten" (also quëan); quainëa ordinal "tenth" (VT48:6, 20; VT42:25). Quain or quëan replaced the form cainen in Tolkiens conception.
quëatarwa
noun. vegetable or kitchen garden
cast
one tenth
[cast] ("k"), fraction "one tenth", but the form is apparently obsolete; see caista. (VT48:11)
quaista
one tenth
*quaista, reconstructed/updated fraction "one tenth"; see caista.
cainen
cardinal. ten
caista
fraction. one tenth
cast
fraction. one tenth
cëa(n)
cardinal. ten
quain
cardinal. ten
quaista
fraction. one tenth
@@@ as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/quaista)
quëallumë
adverb. ten times
quëa noun "vegetable", apparently with variant ceula (latter word is not clearly defined). (PE17:159).