S. min¹ num. card. “one” (Category: One)
The Sindarin word for “one” used when counting multiple things (PE17/95; VT42/25; VT48/6), such as minui “first”. Contrast this with er “one” for single isolated things.
Conceptual Development: This word was very well established, with G. min “one single” appearing all the way back in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/32). Similar forms ᴱN. mind, minn appeared in Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s, but without translation (PE13/150). N. min “one” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√MINI “stand alone, stick out” (Ety/MINI). In one late note it appeared with a long î: mîn “1” (VT42/25).
References ✧ PE17/95; VT42/25; VT48/6
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N. min num. card. “one” (Category: One)
Reference ✧ Ety/MINI ✧ “one”
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| ᴹ√MINI > min | [mini] > [mine] > [min] | ✧ Ety/MINI |
ᴱN. mind num. card. “?one” (Category: One)
References ✧ PE13/150
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G. min num. card. “one single” (Category: One)
References ✧ GL/57; LT1A/Minethlos
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