ᴱQ. huekainen num. card. “ninety” (Category: Large Cardinal Number)
The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. {huokainen >>} huekainen “ninety” as a combination of ᴱQ. hue “nine” and ᴱQ. kainen “ten” (PE14/49, 83).
Neo-Quenya: Late in Tolkien’s life, Tolkien changed the Quenya word for “ten” to quëan or quain, which has been the basis for various neologisms for “ninety”: ᴺQ. neterquëan or ᴺQ. neterquain. I prefer to use ᴺQ. neterquain for purposes of Neo-Quenya.
References ✧ PE14/49, 83
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| hue | “nine” | ✧ PE14/49; PE14/49 (huo) |
| kainen | “ten” | ✧ PE14/49; PE14/49 |