Q. minquesta fraction. “*one eleventh” (Category: Fraction, Division)
A word appearing as minquesta [“1/11”] in notes on numbers from the late 1960s, a combination of minquë “eleven” with the fractional suffix -sta.
Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s had ᴱQ. minqetto or minqesto “[one] 11th” with adjective forms ᴱQ. minqetya or minqest(y)a (PE14/51, 84), combinations with the 1920s fractional suffix ᴱQ. -sto.
Reference ✧ VT48/11 ✧ “[1/11]”
Elements
| minquë | “eleven” | |
| asta | “month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)” | ✧ VT48/11 |
ᴱQ. minqesto fraction. “one eleventh” (Category: Fraction, Division)
References ✧ PE14/51, 84
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| minqe | “eleven” | ✧ PE14/49; PE14/82 |
| *-sto | “fraction suffix” |
Element In
ᴱQ. minqest(y)a fraction. “one eleventh” (Category: Fraction, Division)
References ✧ PE14/51, 82, 84
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| minqesto | “one eleventh” | ✧ PE14/51 (minqetto); PE14/84 |