quain cardinal "ten" (also quëan); quainëa ordinal "tenth" (VT48:6, 20; VT42:25). Quain or quëan replaced the form cainen in Tolkiens conception.
Quenya
quëan
cardinal. ten
quëan
cardinal. ten
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. canquain “forty”
- ᴺQ. canaquain “forty”
- ᴺQ. canaquëan “forty”
- ᴺQ. enenquain “sixty”
- ᴺQ. enenquëan “sixty”
- ᴺQ. lepenquain “fifty”
- ᴺQ. lepenquëan “fifty”
- ᴺQ. nelquain “thirty”
- ᴺQ. nelequain “thirty”
- ᴺQ. nelequëan “thirty”
- ᴺQ. neterquain “ninety”
- ᴺQ. neterquëan “ninety”
- ᴺQ. otoquain “seventy”
- ᴺQ. otoquëan “seventy”
- ᴺQ. quaihúmë “ten thousand, myriad”
- Q. quainëa “tenth”
- ᴺQ. quëallumë “ten times”
- ᴺQ. tolquain “eighty”
- ᴺQ. toloquain “eighty”
- ᴺQ. toloquëan “eighty”
- ᴺQ. yuquain “twenty”
- ᴺQ. yúquëan “twenty”
Variations
- quean ✧ VT48/06; VT48/20
- quain ✧ VT48/06; VT48/20
quain
cardinal. ten
quain
cardinal. ten
Element in
- ᴺQ. quaista “one tenth”
cëa(n)
cardinal. ten
Cognates
- S. caen “ten” ✧ PE17/095
Derivations
- √KAYAN “ten” ✧ VT48/12
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √kayan > kea(n) [kajan] > [kean] ✧ VT48/12 Variations
- këa ✧ PE17/095
- kainen ✧ PE17/095
- kea(n) ✧ VT48/12
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.
cainen
cardinal. ten
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)]
quaista
one tenth
*quaista, reconstructed/updated fraction "one tenth"; see caista.
cast
one tenth
[cast] ("k"), fraction "one tenth", but the form is apparently obsolete; see caista. (VT48:11)
cast
fraction. one tenth
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".
caista
fraction. one tenth
Element in
- Q. caistanótië “decimal system” ✧ VT48/11
Elements
Word Gloss KAYAN “ten” asta “month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)” Variations
- kaista ✧ VT48/11
- kast ✧ VT48/11
quaista
fraction. one tenth
@@@ as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/quaista)
Elements
Word Gloss quain “ten” asta “month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)”
quëan cardinal "ten", also quain (VT48:6, 12, 20). Quain or quëan replaced the form cainen in Tolkiens conception.