cantëa

fourth

cantëa ("k") ordinal "fourth" (VT42:25)

cantëa

ordinal. fourth

Cognates

• S. canthui “fourth” ✧ VT42/25
• T. canatya “fourth” ✧ VT42/25

Elements

Word	Gloss
canta	“four”
-ëa	“ordinal suffix”

Variations

• kantea ✧ VT42/25

canta

cardinal. four

canta (1) ("k") cardinal "four" (KÁNAT, VT42:24, VT48:6). In the Etymologies as printed in LR, this word was cited with a final hyphen (as if it were a verb), but the hyphen does not actually appear in Tolkien's manuscript (VT45:19). Ordinal cantëa ("k") "fourth" (VT42:25) Compare cantil.

canta

cardinal. four

Cognates

• S. canad “four” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06
• T. canat “four” ✧ VT42/24; VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶kanatā “four” ✧ VT42/24
  • √KANAT “four”

Element in

• Q. ca(na)sta “one fourth, one fourth, *quarter”
• ᴺQ. canquain “forty”
• ᴺQ. canaquain “forty”
• ᴺQ. canaquëan “forty”
• ᴺQ. cantallumë “four times”
• ᴺQ. cantalya “four-legged, quadruped, (lit.) four-footed”
• Q. cantëa “fourth”
• ᴺQ. cantil “quadrangle, *quadrilateral, rectangle, square”
• Q. lepecan “fourth finger”
• Q. cantil “fourth finger”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kanatā > kanta	[kanatā] > [kantā] > [kanta]	✧ VT42/24

Variations

• can-ta ✧ PE17/095
• kanta ✧ VT42/24; VT48/06

can-

cardinal. four

can- (1) (prefix)("k") "four" (KÁNAT)