enenquë
cardinal. sixteen
enenquë
cardinal. *sixteen
One of a set of Quenya “teen” numbers appearing in rough notes on numbers from the late 1960s, likely meaning “sixteen” (VT48/21). There was also a variant form quainque.
Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1910s had ᴱQ. en(ek)kea “sixteen” based on the earlier adjectival word ᴱQ. kea “ten” (PE14/49, 82).
nelquëa
cardinal. thirteen
nelquëa, cardinal "thirteen" (?) (VT48:21). This looks like an odd form next to other cardinals that simply end in -quë (like lepenquë, enenquë, otoquë = 15, 16, 17), and the form "nelekwe" also listed may indicate another Quenya form nelequë (q.v.) or *nelquë (but because of the uncertainties, yunquentë may be preferred as the word for 13). By another theory, nelquëa* is the ordinal "thirteenth", corresponding to the cardinal nel(e)quë**.
nelequë
cardinal. thirteen
?nelequë ("kw") cardinal "thirteen" (VT48:21). The spelling "nelekwe" occurring in the primary source could suggest that this is really a Common Eldarin form; if so, one could theorize that the Quenya form would be *nelquë with syncope of the middle vowel (the same source lists "minikwe" as a word for 11, and the Quenya form is known to be minque). Compare nelquëa*. On the other hand, "tolokwe" as a word for 18 is listed together with definite Quenya forms and is apparently an unorthodox spelling of toloquë** (as observed by the editor); here no syncope producing *tolquë occurs. Thus toloquë could support ?nelequë as the Quenya word (but because of the uncertainties, yunquentë may be preferred as the word for 13).
quainquë
cardinal. sixteen
quainquë, cardinal "sixteen" (but enenquë may be preferred) (VT48:21)
quainel
cardinal. thirteen
quainel, cardinal "thirteen" (but yunquentë may be preferred) (VT48:21)
quainque
cardinal. *sixteen
yunquenta
cardinal. thirteen
yunquenta cardinal "thirteen" (12 and one more) (VT47:15), variant yunquentë (VT47:40), compare entë #1.
yunquentë
cardinal. thirteen
enenquë cardinal "sixteen" (VT48:21)