Early Quenya
tol(to)kainen
cardinal. eighty
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!
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!
tol(to)kainen
cardinal. eighty
The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. tol(to)kainen “eighty” as a combination of ᴱQ. tolto “eight” and ᴱQ. kainen “ten” (PE14/49, 83).
Neo-Quenya: Late in Tolkien’s life, Tolkien changed the Quenya word for “ten” to quëan or quain, which has been the basis for various neologisms for “eighty”: ᴺQ. toloquëan, toloquain, or ᴺQ. tolquain. I prefer to use ᴺQ. tolquain for purposes of Neo-Quenya.