tuksa

root. *hundred

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant ᴱ√TUKU⁽²⁾ and derivatives like ᴱQ. tuksa “gross, 144” and ᴱQ. tuksa pínea or tuksa lempea “100”, the variation in meaning likely due to the use of the word in duodecimal vs. decimal counting (QL/95). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, ᴱQ. tuksa was used only with the sense “100” (PE14/49, 83). This is the last clear reference to an Elvish word for “100”, so I recommend keeping a Neo-Root ᴺ√TUKSA for this purposes, though Q. haranyë “century” (LotR/1108) hints that Tolkien may have used some of other construction for “100” in his later writings.

Derivatives

• ᴱ✶tuksk- “*hundred”
  • Eq. tuksa kainen “thousand” ✧ PE14/083
• Eq. tuksa “gross, 144; hundred” ✧ QL/095

Variations

• TUKU² ✧ QL/095

tuksk-

cardinal. *hundred

Derivations

• ᴱ√TUKSA “*hundred”

Derivatives

• Eq. tuksa kainen “thousand” ✧ PE14/083

tuksa

cardinal. gross, 144; hundred

Derivations

• ᴱ√TUKSA “*hundred” ✧ QL/095

Element in

• Eq. kea tuksa “one hundred ten” ✧ PE14/049
• Eq. nelde tukse “three hundred” ✧ PE14/083
• Eq. tuksallume “*hundred times” ✧ PE14/049
• Eq. tuksanto “one hundredth” ✧ PE14/049; PE14/083
• Eq. tuksanya “hundredth” ✧ PE14/049
• Eq. tuksa pínea “hundred” ✧ QL/095
• Eq. tuksa kainen “thousand” ✧ PE14/049
• Eq. yukainen tuksa “one hundred twenty” ✧ PE14/049

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√TUKSA > tuksa	[tuksā] > [tuksa]	✧ QL/095

Variations

• tuxa ✧ QL/095