tuksa

cardinal. gross, 144; hundred

In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. tuksa was the number “144” [twelve twelves], also translated as a “gross” and based the early root ᴱ√TUKU (QL/95), apparently part of a duodecimal counting system. In this document, the word for “hundred” was ᴱQ. tuksa pínea [little hundred] or tuksa lempea [decimal hundred]. In the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s, however, tuksa simply meant “hundred” without any reference to duodecimals (PE14/49, 83).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I use ᴺQ. tuxa for “hundred” since there are no other clear alternatives.

tuksa kainen

cardinal. thousand

A variant word for “thousand” from the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s as a combination of ᴱQ. tuksa “hundred” and ᴱQ. kainen “ten”, following the pattern of words like ᴱQ. kan(ta)kainen “forty” (PE14/50, 83). Properly it is tuksa kainen, shortened to either tuksakainen or tuksainen. Compare ᴱQ. húme “thousand”.

tuksainen

cardinal. thousand

tuksa pínea

noun. hundred

tuksa lempea

noun. hundred

yukainen tuksa

cardinal. one hundred twenty

A number for “one hundred twenty” from the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s, a combination of ᴱQ. yukainen “twenty” and ᴱQ. tuksa “hundred” (PE14/50, 83).

yúyo tuksa

cardinal. two hundred

A number for “two hundred” from the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s, a combination of ᴱQ. yúyo “two” and the plural of ᴱQ. tuksa “hundred” (PE14/83). It had a variant yutuksa.

kea tuksa

cardinal. one hundred ten

A number for “one hundred ten” from the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s, a combination of ᴱQ. kea “ten” and ᴱQ. tuksa “hundred” (PE14/50, 83).

yutuksa

cardinal. two hundred

maite

cardinal. thousand

minqekainen

cardinal. one hundred ten

A variant word for “one hundred ten” from the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s as a combination of ᴱQ. minqe “eleven” and ᴱQ. kainen “ten”, following the pattern of words like ᴱQ. kan(ta)kainen “forty” (PE14/50, 83). Compare more ordinary ᴱQ. kea tuksa.

yunqekainen

cardinal. one hundred twenty

A variant word for “one hundred twenty” from the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s as a combination of ᴱQ. yunqe “twelve” and ᴱQ. kainen “ten”, following the pattern of words like ᴱQ. kan(ta)kainen “forty” (PE14/50, 83). Compare more ordinary ᴱQ. yukainen tuksa.

tuksa

root. *hundred

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant ᴱ√TUKU⁽²⁾ and derivatives like ᴱQ. tuksa “gross, 144” and ᴱQ. tuksa pínea or tuksa lempea “100”, the variation in meaning likely due to the use of the word in duodecimal vs. decimal counting (QL/95). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, ᴱQ. tuksa was used only with the sense “100” (PE14/49, 83). This is the last clear reference to an Elvish word for “100”, so I recommend keeping a Neo-Root ᴺ√TUKSA for this purposes, though Q. haranyë “century” (LotR/1108) hints that Tolkien may have used some of other construction for “100” in his later writings.

tuksk-

cardinal. *hundred

meneg

cardinal. thousand

A Doriathrin word meaning “thousand” (or possibly just “✱large in number”) attested only as an element in the name Dor. Menegroth “Thousand Caves” (Ety/ROD, LR/220). Its etymology is unclear.