Early Quenya
kan
adverb. four times
kanta
cardinal. four
kan(ta)kainen
cardinal. forty
yava-
verb. to hold
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A verb for “hold” in Early Quenya word lists of the 1920s (PE16/133). It is of unclear derivation, but possibly related to ᴱQ. yavin “bears fruit” as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson.