Q. nótima adj. “countable, limited in number (weight and measure); (colloquial) moderate in amount, some few, several” (Category: Number)
A word for “countable”, a combination of Q. not- “count” and -ima “-able” (PE17/62, 68). In Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, Tolkien said that nótima also had the sense “limited in number (weight or measure)”, and thus colloquially was used to mean “moderate (in amount), some few, several” as in tas cennen nótimë eldali “I saw a few elves there” (PE22/155). See also [ᴹQ.] sempa for another word meaning “few”.
Conceptual Development: Early Qenya of the 1910s had a word ᴱQ. tasinwa “numbered” as an element in the name ᴱQ. Nieriltasinwa “Unnumbered Tears” (LT2/84).
References ✧ PE17/62, 68, 172; PE22/155
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| nótime | plural | “few” | ✧ PE22/155 |
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| not- | “to count” | ||
| -ima | “-able, possibility” | ✧ PE17/68 (¯-ima); PE22/155 | |
| √NOT | “count, reckon” | ✧ PE17/62 | |
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ᴱQ. #tasinwa adj. “numbered” (Category: Number)
Reference ✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol ✧ “numbered”
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