quëan cardinal "ten", also quain (VT48:6, 12, 20). Quain or quëan replaced the form cainen in Tolkiens conception.
Quenya
quainëa
ordinal. tenth
Cognates
Derivations
- √KAYAN “ten” ✧ VT48/12
Element in
- ᴺQ. quainyë “decade”
Elements
Word Gloss quëan “ten” -ëa “ordinal suffix” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √kayan > kaina [kaina] ✧ VT48/12 Variations
- quainea ✧ VT42/25
- kaina ✧ VT48/12
quain
cardinal. ten
quain
cardinal. ten
Element in
- ᴺQ. quaista “one tenth”
caina
ordinal. tenth
quëan
cardinal. ten
quëan
cardinal. ten
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. canquain “forty”
- ᴺQ. canaquain “forty”
- ᴺQ. canaquëan “forty”
- ᴺQ. enenquain “sixty”
- ᴺQ. enenquëan “sixty”
- ᴺQ. lepenquain “fifty”
- ᴺQ. lepenquëan “fifty”
- ᴺQ. nelquain “thirty”
- ᴺQ. nelequain “thirty”
- ᴺQ. nelequëan “thirty”
- ᴺQ. neterquain “ninety”
- ᴺQ. neterquëan “ninety”
- ᴺQ. otoquain “seventy”
- ᴺQ. otoquëan “seventy”
- ᴺQ. quaihúmë “ten thousand, myriad”
- Q. quainëa “tenth”
- ᴺQ. quëallumë “ten times”
- ᴺQ. tolquain “eighty”
- ᴺQ. toloquain “eighty”
- ᴺQ. toloquëan “eighty”
- ᴺQ. yuquain “twenty”
- ᴺQ. yúquëan “twenty”
Variations
- quean ✧ VT48/06; VT48/20
- quain ✧ VT48/06; VT48/20
cainen
cardinal. ten
[cainen] ("k") cardinal "ten" (KAYAN/KAYAR). According to VT48:12, Tolkien eventually rejected this word (cainen would only mean "I lay", sc. the pa.t. cainë with the ending -n "I"). See quain, quëan.
cainen
cardinal. ten
cëa
cardinal. ten
[cëa, cëan ("k") cardinal "ten", forms Tolkien later abandoned in favour of quain or quëan. An adjectival form caina ("k") was also listed, but must likewise be considered obsolete. (VT48:12-13, VT49:54)]
cëa(n)
cardinal. ten
Cognates
- S. caen “ten” ✧ PE17/095
Derivations
- √KAYAN “ten” ✧ VT48/12
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √kayan > kea(n) [kajan] > [kean] ✧ VT48/12 Variations
- këa ✧ PE17/095
- kainen ✧ PE17/095
- kea(n) ✧ VT48/12
quain cardinal "ten" (also quëan); quainëa ordinal "tenth" (VT48:6, 20; VT42:25). Quain or quëan replaced the form cainen in Tolkiens conception.