*cannui*. _The reading in VT42:25 is "canthui", but the phonology presupposed in LotR would require _cannui**. David Salo regards "canthui" as a dialectal form.
Quenya
cantëa
fourth
cantëa
ordinal. fourth
Cognates
Elements
Word Gloss canta “four” -ëa “ordinal suffix” Variations
- kantea ✧ VT42/25
cantëa ("k") ordinal "fourth" (VT42:25)