Sindarin 

imp

cardinal. twelve

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

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imp

cardinal. twelve

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avgaro

prefix. imp

pref. & v. imp. do not do it!

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cuio

verb. imp

v. imp. live. Cuio i Pheriain anann 'May the Halflings live long'.

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edro

verb. imp

v. imp. of edra-open. annon edhellen edro hi ammen! 'Elvish gate open now for us'. >> edra-

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eglerio

verb. imp

v. imp. glorify.

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lasto

imp

v. imp. of lasta-give ear, listen. fennas nogothrim lasto beth lammen 'doorway of the Dwarf-folk listen to the words of my tongue'. >> lasta-

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minno

verb. imp

v. imp. of minna- enter. Pedo mellon a minno! 'Say friend and enter'. >> minna-

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pedo

verb. imp

v. imp. of ped- say. Pedo mellon a minno! 'Say friend and enter'. >> ped-

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tíro

verb. imp

_ v. imp. _look. >> tíria, tirith

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ýneg

cardinal. twelve

The Sindarin word for “eleven” in notes from the late 1960s was ýneg or yneg derived from ✶yūnekē “twelve = two sixes” (VT47/41; VT48/6, 9). Tolkien also considered yneb or inib as more direct cognates of yunquë “twelve”, but that seems to have been a transient idea (VT48/8).

Conceptual Development: Notes from the late 1950s had S. {iug} > imp under Q. yunquë “twelve”, but these forms were deleted (PE17/95-96).

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inib

cardinal. twelve

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yneb

cardinal. twelve

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yneg

cardinal. twelve

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ýneg

cardinal. twelve

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ýneg

cardinal. twelve

ýneg (VT47:41, VT48:6, 8, 12)

ýneg

twelve

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

Telerin 

yúnecë

cardinal. twelve

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Quenya 

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)_

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.

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

The ordinary Quenya word for “twelve”, whose use dates back to at least the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s (PE14/49, 82). In notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals (HFN) from 1968, Tolkien said its primitive form ✶yūnekē was an elaboration of √ENEK “six” meaning “two (or both) sixes” (VT47/41; VT48/9-10). In Quenya it then picked up a w so that k > kw, either under the influence of minquë “eleven” (VT48/7) or from dual we (VT48/10). Compare also suffixal [ᴹQ.] -rasta “twelve” in duodecimal counting words like yurasta “twenty four” = “✱two twelves”.

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yurasta

cardinal. twelve

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

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Early Quenya

ongo-

verb. it pains me (imp.)

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yunqe

cardinal. twelve

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Qenya 

-rasta

suffix. twelve

A suffix appearing in [ᴹQ.] yurasta “twenty four” in notes from the 1930s, probably meaning “✱double twelve” (PE14/17 note #6). Thus -rasta means “twelve”, as further evidenced by ᴹ√rasat “twelve” on the same page. This word seems to be the basis for a duodecimal numbering system, with -rasta taking the same role as -cainen “ten”; compare yucainen “twenty” = “✱double ten”. Presumably there are larger numbers like ✱nelerasta “thirty six = triple twelve” and ✱cantarasta “forty eight = quadruple twelve”, the duodecimal equivalents of thirty, forty, etc.

Middle Primitive Elvish

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.

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