lemenya archaic ordinal adj. "fifth", replaced by lempëa (VT42:25)
Quenya
lempëa
ordinal. fifth
Cognates
Elements
Word Gloss lempë “five” -ëa “ordinal suffix” Variations
- lempea ✧ VT42/25; VT42/26
lempë
cardinal. five
lempë
cardinal. five
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. lempëa “fifth” ✧ VT42/26
- ᴺQ. lepenquain “fifty”
- ᴺQ. lepenquëan “fifty”
- Q. lepenquë “*fifteen”
- Q. lepesta “one fifth”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LEPEN > lepne > lempe [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] ✧ PE17/095 ✶lepen > lempe [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] ✧ PE17/095 ✶lepene > lepne > lempe [lepene] > [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] ✧ VT42/24 ✶lepene > lepne > lempe [lepene] > [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] ✧ VT47/10 ✶lepenē̆ > lepnē > lempe [lepenē] > [lepnē] > [lenpē] > [lempē] > [lempe] ✧ VT47/24 Variations
- lempe ✧ PE17/095; PE17/095; VT42/24; VT42/25; VT42/26; VT47/10; VT47/24
- lemne ✧ PE17/095
- lemen ✧ VT48/06
lemenya
fifth
lemenya
ordinal. fifth
lepenya
ordinal. fifth
Changes
- lemenya → lepenya ✧ VT42/26
Derivations
- ✶lepenya “5th” ✧ VT42/26
Derivatives
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶lepenya > lepenya [lepenja] ✧ VT42/26 Variations
- lemenya ✧ VT42/25 (lemenya); VT42/25 (lemenya); VT42/26 (lemenya)
lemen
cardinal. five
lemen, alternative cardinal "five" (VT48:6, 20); the word normally appears as lempë, but compare lemenya below.
lemen
cardinal. five
lemnë
cardinal. five
per-
prefix. half, half, [ᴹQ.] semi
Cognates
- S. per- “half”
Derivations
- √PER “half, half; [ᴹ√] divide in middle, halve”
Element in
Variations
- Per- ✧ Let/386 (Per-)
lempë cardinal "five" (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK, GL:53, VT42:24, VT47:10, 24); lempëa ordinal "fifth", an analogical formation replacing older lemenya, in turn altered from the historically "correct" form lepenya because of analogy with the cardinal lempë "five" (VT42:25; Vanyarin Quenya maintained lepenya, VT42:26)