S. leben num. card. “five” (Category: Cardinal Number)
The Sindarin word for “five” based on the root √LEPEN of the same meaning (PE17/95; VT42/24; VT47/10; VT48/6).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. elf(in) “five” derived from the early root ᴱ√lef [LEǶE] (GL/32, 53). Rough notes associated with the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s had the deleted forms ᴱN. leme and limel near ᴱN. eneg “*six”, so these were probably words for “five” (PE13/128 note #78). The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. lheben “five” under the root ᴹ√LEPEN of the same meaning (Ety/LEPEN), with the 1930s sound change of initial l to lh which did not occur in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s.
References ✧ PE17/95; VT42/24-25; VT47/10, 24; VT48/6
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| ✶lepen > leb(en | [lepene] > [lepen] > [leben] | ✧ PE17/95 |
| ✶lepene > leben | [lepene] > [lepen] > [leben] | ✧ VT42/24 |
| ✶lepene > leben | [lepene] > [lepen] > [leben] | ✧ VT47/10 |
| ✶lepenē̆ > leben | [lepene] > [lepen] > [leben] | ✧ VT47/24 |
N. lheben num. card. “five” (Category: Cardinal Number)
References ✧ Ety/LEP; TAI/150
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| ᴹ√LEPEN > lheben | [lepene] > [lepen] > [l̥epen] > [l̥eben] | ✧ Ety/LEP |
ᴱN. leme num. card. “*five”
References ✧ PE13/128
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