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Q. enquë num. card. “six” (Category: Cardinal Number)

Q. enquë, num. card. “six” (Category: Cardinal Number): ᴱQ. enquë¹ “without”; ᴱQ. enquë² “plane, level”

The Quenya word for “six” derived from the root √ENEK of the same meaning (PE17/95; VT48/7-10; Ety/ÉNEK). The modification of ancient *enek- to *enekwē was a Quenya-only innovation, influenced by minquë “eleven” and yunquë “twelve” (VT48/7).

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. enqe “six” dates all the way back to the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s, but there it had a variant enekse (PE14/49, 82). The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. ende “six” under the early root ᴱ√ENE² of the same meaning (QL/35).

References ✧ PE17/95; VT48/6-10

Glosses

“6” ✧ VT48/6; VT48/9; VT48/10
“six” ✧ PE17/95

enque changed its ending under influence of yunque ✧ VT48/7
enque after yunque ✧ VT48/8

Element In

ᴺQ. !enenquain “sixty”
ᴺQ. !enenquëan “sixty”
ᴺQ. !enquain “sixty”
ᴺQ. enquellumë “six times”
ᴺQ. enquendórë “*sextillion”
Q. enenquë “*sixteen”
Q. enquëa “sixth”
Q. enquesta “one sixth”
Q. enquië “Elvish week of six days”
Q. yunquë “twelve” ✧ VT48/10

Cognates

S. eneg “six” ✧ PE17/95; VT48/6; VT48/8
T. enec “six” ✧ VT48/6; VT48/8 (enec(e))

Derivations

< √ENEK “six” ✧ PE17/95 (enk-); VT48/7 (eneke/enke); VT48/8 (eneke); VT48/9; VT48/10 (enekwe)
- < enke < eneke ✧ VT48/8
- < enekw < enek ✧ VT48/9
- < √ENEK “six” ✧ VT48/10

Phonetic Developments

√enk- > enque	[eŋkwe]	✧ PE17/95
√eneke/enke > enque	[eneke] > [eŋke] ? [eŋkwe]	✧ VT48/7
√eneke > enke > enque	[eneke] > [eŋke] ? [eŋkwe]	✧ VT48/8
√enek > enekw > enque	[eneke] > [eŋke] ? [eŋkwe]	✧ VT48/9
√enekwe > enque	[enekwe] > [eŋkwe]	✧ VT48/10

ᴹQ. enqe num. card. “six” (Category: Cardinal Number)

See Q. enquë for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/ÉNEK ✧ “six”

Cognates

N. eneg “six” ✧ Ety/ÉNEK

Derivations

< ᴹ√ENEK “six” ✧ Ety/ÉNEK (ÉNEK)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ÉNEK > enqe

[enekwe] > [eŋkwe]

✧ Ety/ÉNEK

ᴱQ. enqe num. card. “six” (Category: Cardinal Number)

See Q. enquë for discussion.

References ✧ PE14/49, 82

Glosses

“6” ✧ PE14/49; PE14/49 (enekse)
“six” ✧ PE14/82; PE14/82 (enekse)

Variations

enqe ✧ PE14/49; PE14/82
enekse ✧ PE14/49; PE14/82

Element In

ᴱQ. enekkaiya “sixteenth”
ᴱQ. enqendóra “*six million” ✧ PE14/50
ᴱQ. enqendóre “*sextillion” ✧ PE14/83
ᴱQ. enqesto “one sixth” ✧ PE14/51 (enekto); PE14/51 (enquetto); PE14/84
ᴱQ. enekkainen “sixty” ✧ PE14/49
ᴱQ. en(ek)kea “sixteen” ✧ PE14/49
ᴱQ. enetya “sixth” ✧ PE14/51
ᴱQ. enqellume “*six times” ✧ PE14/51

Cognates

ᴱN. eneg “*six”

ᴱQ. ende num. card. “six” (Category: Cardinal Number)

See Q. enquë for discussion.

References ✧ PME/35; QL/35

Glosses

“six” ✧ PME/35; QL/35

Derivations

< ᴱ√ENE² “six” ✧ QL/35

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ENE² > ende

[endē] > [ende]

✧ QL/35