nertëa

ordinal. ninth

A word for “ninth” in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s (VT42/25), an adjectival form of nertë “nine”.

Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. húya “ninth” based on ᴱQ. hue “nine” (PE14/51, 82).

nertë

cardinal. nine

nertë cardinal "nine" (NÉTER, VT42:26, VT48:6); nertëa ordinal "ninth" (VT42:25)

nertë

cardinal. nine

The Quenya word for “nine” derived from the root √NETER of the same meaning (PE17/95; VT42/26; VT48/6; Ety/NÉTER).

Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. {huo >>} hue “nine” (PE14/49, 82), and the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. olme(t) “nine” under the early root ᴱ√OLO “tip” (QL/69).

huë

cardinal. nine

huë "Qenya" cardinal "nine" (in Tolkiens later Quenya nertë) (VT49:54)

olma

cardinal. nine

olma cardinal "nine" (LT1:258; in Tolkien's later Quenya nertë)