A word for “girl” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MELE “love”, but Tolkien marked it with a “?” (QL/60). The same word did appear in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, however (PME/60).
Early Quenya
-wen
suffix. *number suffix
-ine
suffix. noun suffix
-lin
suffix. noun suffix
-lis
suffix. noun suffix
-re
suffix. noun suffix
-rin
suffix. noun suffix
mella
noun. girl
wen(di)
noun. maid, girl, maiden
wende
noun. maiden
A number suffix appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/33, 69, 71). Its basic function seems to be for forming duodecimal words as in ᴱQ. olwen “thirty-six” = “✱three twelves” and ᴱQ. otwen “84” = “✱seven twelves” (QL/69, 71). However in ᴱQ. atwen and ᴱQ. uiven “twenty” it seems to be used to form a decimal number (QL/33); compare ᴱQ. yukainen “twenty” = “✱double tens” from the 1920s (PE14/49, 82) and ᴹQ. yurasta “24” = “✱double twelves” from the 1930s (PE14/17).