Q. *tolquë num. card. “*eighteen” (Category: Teen Cardinal Number)
One of a set of Quenya “teen” numbers appearing in rough notes on numbers from the late 1960s appearing as tolokwe and likely meaning “eighteen” (VT48/21). I am of the opinion that this is a primitive form, and the modern Quenya form would be *tolquë, though *toloquë is certainly possible.
Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tolkea “eighteen” based on the earlier adjectival word ᴱQ. kea “ten” (PE14/49, 82). Tolkien indicated this word was rare, supplanted by ᴱQ. hualqe, which might have been borrowed from duodecimal counting; see its entry for discussion.
Reference ✧ VT48/21 ✧ tolokwe “18”
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