Eldamo : Quenya : cantëa

Q. cantëa num. ord. “fourth” (Category: Ordinal Number)

A word for “fourth” in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s (VT42/25), an adjectival form of canta “four”.

Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. kanya “fourth” also based on ᴱQ. kanta “four” (PE14/51, 82).

Reference ✧ VT42/25 ✧ kantea “4th”

Elements

canta¹	“four”
-ëa²	“ordinal suffix”	✧ VT42/25

Cognates

ᴱQ. kanya num. ord. “fourth” (Category: Ordinal Number)

See Q. cantëa for discussion.

References ✧ PE14/51, 82

Glosses

Elements

kanta	“four”	✧ PE14/49
-tya¹	“comparative”	✧ PE14/48