ᴹQ. nahta² num. card. “eighteen” (Category: Teen Cardinal Number)
A specialized word for “eighteen” that was part of a duodecimal system of counting in notes from the 1930s, derived from ᴹ√nakat (PE14/17 note #6).
Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1910s had ᴱQ. hualqe “eighteen” and adjective ᴱQ. hual(qe)tya “eighteenth” beside the more ordinary but rarer form ᴱQ. tolkea (PE14/49, 82). The word hualque is perhaps another specialized duodecimal word meaning “*double nine” as a combination of ᴱQ. hue “nine” and the dual root ᴱ√WI¹.
Reference ✧ PE14/17 ✧ nahta “eighteen”
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√nakat > nahta | [nakta] > [naxta] | ✧ PE14/17 |
ᴱQ. hualqe num. card. “eighteen” (Category: Teen Cardinal Number)
References ✧ PE14/49, 51, 82
Glosses
Elements
| hue | “nine” |
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