maqua noun "a hand-full; complete hand with all five fingers; a closing of closed [hand] (facing down) for taking; group of five (similar) things"; in colloquial usage also "hand" as a limb (VT47:7, 18-20); dual maquat "group of ten" (VT47:7, 10). Compounded maquanotië = "decimal system" in counting (VT47:10), Lungumaqua "Heavyhand" (VT47:19)
Quenya
maquanotië
noun. decimal system, decimal system, (lit.) *hand-counting
maqua
hand-full; complete hand with all five fingers; a closing of closed [hand] (facing down) for taking; group of five (similar) things
not-
verb. reckon
not- vb. "reckon" (NOT); compare onot-. Passive participle nótina "counted, reckoned" (FS), nótima "countable" (PE17:68), #notië "counting, reckoning" in maquanotië "decimal system" (VT47:10), variant #nótië in caistanótië of similar meaning (VT48:11).
caistanótië
noun. decimal system
Notes from the late 1960s had two different words for the decimal system, maquanotie (VT47/10) and kaistanótie (VT48/11), both ending in notië “couting”, and beginning with either maqua “hand (full)” and caista “one tenth”. Of the two, I prefer maquanotie since I prefer quëan “ten” (VT48/6).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lempea “decimal” based on ᴱQ. lempe “ten” (QL/52).
Neo-Quenya: Since I use maquanotie for “decimal system”, I would use ᴺQ. maquëa “decimal” for purposes of Neo-Quenya as the adjective form of maqua.