Quenya 

minquë

cardinal. eleven

minquë ("q") cardinal "eleven" (MINIK-W, LT1:260, VT48:4, 6, 8, VT49:57). Not to be confused with minquë as the pa.t. of miqu- "to kiss", q.v. Etymology discussed, VT48:7, 8 (where the unorthodox spelling "minkwe" occurs besides "minque").

minquë

cardinal. eleven

Quenya [PE17/095; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

minquesta

one eleventh

minquesta fraction "one eleventh" (1/11). (VT48:11)

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

cardinal. twelve

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".

yunquë

cardinal. twelve

Quenya [PE17/095; VT47/41; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/09; VT48/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yurasta

cardinal. twelve

yurasta cardinal "24" (two times #rasta "twelve") (PE14:17)

minquellumë

adverb. eleven times

miqu-

to kiss

miqu- vb. "to kiss", the pa.t. minquë ("q") is cited, not to be confused with the cardinal minquë "eleven" (QL:61). Also miquë ("q")noun "a kiss". Old plural form miquilis ("q") "kisses" (MC:215; this is "Qenya")

Hísimë

november

Hísimë (þ) noun, eleventh month of the year, "November" (Appendix D, SA:hîth). The Quenya word seems to mean "Misty One".

miquë

noun. kiss

Sindarin 

mimp

cardinal. eleven

_ card. _eleven. Q. minque. >> imp. This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

minib

cardinal. eleven

Sindarin [PE17/095; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mimp

cardinal. eleven

Sindarin [PE/17:95] Group: SINDICT. Published by

minib

cardinal. eleven

Sindarin [VT/48:6-8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

imp

cardinal. twelve

Sindarin [PE/17:95] Group: SINDICT. Published by

imp

cardinal. twelve

_ card. _twelve. Q. yunque. imp << iug. >> imp. This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

inib

cardinal. twelve

Sindarin [VT/47:41, VT/48:6,8,12] Dual of *enek "six", CE yûneke, Q. yunke, T. yûnece. Group: SINDICT. Published by

yneb

cardinal. twelve

Sindarin [VT/47:41, VT/48:6,8,12] Dual of *enek "six", CE yûneke, Q. yunke, T. yûnece. Group: SINDICT. Published by

yneg

cardinal. twelve

Sindarin [VT/47:41, VT/48:6,8,12] Dual of *enek "six", CE yûneke, Q. yunke, T. yûnece. Group: SINDICT. Published by

ýneg

cardinal. twelve

Sindarin [VT/47:41, VT/48:6,8,12] Dual of *enek "six", CE yûneke, Q. yunke, T. yûnece. Group: SINDICT. Published by

ýneg

cardinal. twelve

Sindarin [PE17/095; PE17/096; VT47/41; VT48/06; VT48/08; VT48/09] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minib

cardinal. eleven

minib (VT48:6-8)

ýneg

cardinal. twelve

ýneg (VT47:41, VT48:6, 8, 12)

ýneg

twelve

(VT47:41, VT48:6, 8, 12)

hithui

november

Hithui

hithui

november

mib-

verb. kiss

Sindarin [Unknown] < [[miqu-]] (Qenya). Published by

Telerin 

minipë

cardinal. eleven

Telerin [VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/21] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yúnecë

cardinal. twelve

Telerin [VT47/41; VT48/06; VT48/08; VT48/09; VT48/21] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

min(i)kewē̆

cardinal. eleven, (lit.) fresh one

Primitive elvish [VT42/24; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/21] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mikw Reconstructed

root. kiss

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

minqe

cardinal. eleven

Early Quenya [LT1A/Minethlos; PE14/049; PE14/082; PE14/083; PME/061; QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqe elda(li)

eleven elves

Early Quenya [PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqe laiqe eldali

eleven green elves

Early Quenya [PE14/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqellume

adverb. *eleven times

Early Quenya [PE14/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqenya

ordinal. eleventh

Early Quenya [PE14/051; PE14/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqetya

ordinal. eleventh

yunqe

cardinal. twelve

Early Quenya [PE14/049; PE14/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqesto

fraction. one eleventh

Early Quenya [PE14/051; PE14/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqest(y)a

fraction. one eleventh

Early Quenya [PE14/051; PE14/082; PE14/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqetto

fraction. one eleventh

minqetya

fraction. one eleventh

miqe

noun. kiss

Early Quenya [PME/061; QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

minqe

cardinal. eleven

-rasta

suffix. twelve

miqilis

noun. kiss

Middle Primitive Elvish

minik(w)

root. *eleven

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MINI; EtyAC/MINI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rasat

root. twelve

The root ᴹ√RÁSAT “twelve” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, and students of Elvish long supposed that its unattested derivative ✱rasta was the Quenya word for “twelve”. In later publications, however, the Quenya word for “twelve” was given as yunquë (VT47/41), derived from primitive ✶yūnekē.

This word yunquë dates back to Early Quenya, first appearing as ᴱQ. yunqe in the Early Qenya Grammar from the 1920s (PE14/82), so it is likely that the √RASAT “twelve” co-existed with ✶yūnekē when that root was introduced in the 1930s. In currently published materials, rasta only appears as a suffix in yurasta “twenty four” (twice-twelve) in a discussion of the Elvish duodecimal (base twelve) counting system, also probably from the 1930s (PE14/17). It may be that ✶yūnekē was used for the general word for “twelve”, while √RASAT was used for “groups of twelve” as part of this duodecimal system. If so, it may have only been used as a suffix in grouping words in this counting system.

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RÁSAT; PE14/017] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

haimadri

adjective. lunch, food in morning, elevens

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “lunch, food in morning, elevens”, a combination of G. hai “early” and G. madri “meal” (GL/20).

cailthi

noun. kiss

Gnomish [GG/11; GL/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

miqi

root. kiss

The root ᴱ√MIQI “kiss” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. miq- “to kiss” and ᴱQ. miqele “kissing” (QL/61). Derivatives also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. mib “a little kiss, a peck” and G. mictha- “kiss, bill” (GL/57). The word ᴱQ. miqilitse “little or tender kiss” appeared in the ᴱQ. Nieninqe poem from the 1920s (MC/215; PE16/90, 92). Tolkien created a new version of this poem in 1955 and reused many of the same words, including Q. mikwi- “kiss” and Q. miquelis “(soft, sweet) kiss” (PE16/96); the latter also appeared as ᴹQ. miqilis “kiss” in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/33). These later examples support the ongoing validity of this root, perhaps as ✱√MIKW.

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