Qenya
rimba
adjective. frequent, numerous, frequent, numerous, *(very) many, great in number or quantity
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “frequent, numerous” derived from ᴹ✶rimbā under the root ᴹ√RIM (Ety/RIM). Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 had a similar word ᴹQ. hríma “very numerous (great in number or quantity)” (PE23/106). In drafts of DRC it was rhíma and was glossed “many” (PE23/106 note #80).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I prefer rimba “frequent, numerous” over hríma, since it better aligns with Tolkien’s later derivatives from the root √RIM. I would also use rimba for “✱(very) many”, as opposed to ᴹQ. lia “several” for a moderate number and ᴹQ. sempa for “few”.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. limba “many” under the early root ᴱ√LĪ (QL/53). It also had ᴱQ. olli “many” under the early root ᴱ√OLO, a plural adjective (QL/69).