Q. lempë num. card. “five” (Category: Cardinal Number)
The Quenya word for “five” derived from the root √LEPEN via the Quenya syncope and metathesis: ✶lepene > lepne > lenpe > lempe (PE17/95; VT42/24; VT47/10; VT48/6; Ety/LEP).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lemin “five” under the early root ᴱ√LEH [LEǶE] “half”, and Q. lempe was “ten” in this 1910s document (QL/52). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, the word lempe was “five” (GL/53). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s (EQG), lemin “five” reappeared and ᴱQ. lempe was “half” (PE14/49, 82, 84). Beginning with The Etymologies of the 1930s the usual Quenya word for “five” was lempe (Ety/LEP), but occasional variants like lemne and lemen continued to appear (PE17/95; VT48/6).
References ✧ PE17/95; VT42/24-26; VT47/10, 24; VT48/6
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| √LEPEN > lepne > lempe | [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] | ✧ PE17/95 |
| ✶lepen > lempe | [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] | ✧ PE17/95 |
| ✶lepene > lepne > lempe | [lepene] > [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] | ✧ VT42/24 |
| ✶lepene > lepne > lempe | [lepene] > [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] | ✧ VT47/10 |
| ✶lepenē̆ > lepnē > lempe | [lepenē] > [lepnē] > [lenpē] > [lempē] > [lempe] | ✧ VT47/24 |
ᴹQ. lempe num. card. “five” (Category: Cardinal Number)
Reference ✧ Ety/LEP ✧ “five”
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| ‽ᴹ✶lep(e)ne > lempe | [lepene] > [lepne] > [lenpe] > [lempe] | ✧ Ety/LEP |
ᴱQ. lemin num. card. “five; (lit.) half the fingers” (Category: Cardinal Number)
References ✧ GL/53; LT1/246; PE14/49, 82, 84; PME/52; QL/52
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