Q. *nelquë num. card. “*thirteen” (Category: Teen Cardinal Number)
One of a set of Quenya “teen” numbers appearing in rough notes on numbers from the late 1960s appearing as nelekwe likely meaning “thirteen” (VT48/21). I am of the opinion that this is a primitive form and the modern Quenya form would be *nelquë as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/nelequë), as further evidenced by nelquëa “*thirteenth” from the same page. There was also a variant form quainel.
Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1910s had ᴱQ. nelkea “thirteen” based on the earlier adjectival word ᴱQ. kea “ten” (PE14/49, 82).
References ✧ VT48/21
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| ✶nelekwe > nelekwe | [nelekwe] > [nelkwe] | ✧ VT48/21 |
ᴱQ. nelkea num. card. “thirteen” (Category: Teen Cardinal Number)
References ✧ PE14/49, 82
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| nelde | “three; four” | ✧ PE14/49 |
| kea | “ten” | ✧ PE14/49 |
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