Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Thirteen, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya words for thirteen are yunquentë (which may be the preferred word) and quainel and nelquë.

I could not find any Sindarin word for thirteen.

The Quenya numbers up to twelve seem more solid, more documented. I'm entering a more fuzzy Elven language area with cardinal numbers in the teens.

The Quenya word for thirteen nelquë looks similar to Quenya word for three neldë.

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