enquë ("q") cardinal "six" (ÉNEK, VT48:4, 6, 9, VT49:57); enquëa ordinal "sixth" (VT42:25); see also enquië. According to VT48:8, the word for "six" may have been encë ("k") in very early Quenya (the form is asterisked by Tolkien), but this was altered to enquë under the influence of yunquë "twelve" (perceived as meaning "2 times 6", *yú-enquë, with the prefix yú- "twi-").
Quenya
yunquë
cardinal. twelve
yunquë
cardinal. twelve
Cognates
Derivations
- ✶yūnekē “twelve, 2 sixes” ✧ VT47/41; VT48/08; VT48/09; VT48/10
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶yūneke > yunque [jūneke] > [juŋkwe] ✧ VT47/41 ✶yū-(e)nekē > yunke > yunque [jūnekē] > [juŋkwe] ✧ VT48/08 ✶yū(e)neke > yunekwe > yunque [jūneke] > [juŋkwe] ✧ VT48/09 Variations
- yunque ✧ PE17/095; VT47/41; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/09; VT48/10
enquë
cardinal. six
enquë
cardinal. six
Cognates
Derivations
- √ENEK “six” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/09; VT48/10
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √enk- > enque [eŋkwe] ✧ PE17/095 √eneke/enke > enque [eneke] > [eŋke] > [eŋkwe] ✧ VT48/07 √eneke > enke > enque [eneke] > [eŋke] > [eŋkwe] ✧ VT48/08 √enek > enekw > enque [eneke] > [eŋke] > [eŋkwe] ✧ VT48/09 √enekwe > enque [enekwe] > [eŋkwe] ✧ VT48/10 Variations
- enque ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/09; VT48/10
yuncë
cardinal. twelve
yuncë ("k") cardinal "twelve", before it was altered to yunquë under the influence of minquë "eleven" (according to VT48:7, 8). The form yuncë is asterisked by Tolkien. Compare encë under enquë.
yurasta
cardinal. twelve
yurasta cardinal "24" (two times #rasta "twelve") (PE14:17)
rasta
cardinal. twelve
#rasta cardinal "twelve" (isolated from yurasta_ "24", two times 12; cf. the stem RÁSAT "twelve" listed in the Etymologies). See yunquë. (PE14:17)_
yunquë ("q") cardinal "twelve" (VT47:41, VT48:4, 6, 9; VT49:57; also compare the stem yunuk(w)-_ cited in VT42:24, 31). This word appears already in an early source (PE14:82)_. Some sources point to #rasta, q.v., as another word for "twelve". However, available post-LotR sources indicate that Tolkien intended yunquë as the regular Quenya word for "twelve".