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)
Quenya
lep-
verb. to take [with fingers], *pick, pluck
lemen
cardinal. five
lemen
cardinal. five
lemnë
cardinal. five
lempë
cardinal. five
lempë
cardinal. five
lepsë
noun. *finger
nápo
thumb
nápo noun "thumb" (VT47:10, VT48:4, 5). Compare nápat.
tollë
noun. thumb
tolmo
thumb
[tolmo noun "thumb", rejected by Tolkien in favour of nápo (VT48:15)]
tolpë
thumb
tolpë noun "thumb" (VT47:28, VT48:8), a form Tolkien may have rejected in favour of nápo, q.v.
tolpë
noun. thumb
toltil
thumb
[toltil noun "thumb" (VT47:26)]
toltil
noun. thumb
lemen, alternative cardinal "five" (VT48:6, 20); the word normally appears as lempë, but compare lemenya below.