Q. nelquëa num. ord. “*thirteenth” (Category: Ordinal Number)
This is apparently an adjective form of nelekwe “thirteen” and is thus probably an ordinal number “thirteenth” (VT48/21). Compare neldëa “third” vs. neldë “three”.
Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. nelkaiya or {nelkeatya >>} nelkeanya “thirteenth” based on ᴱQ. nelkea “thirteen” (PE14/51, 82).
Reference ✧ VT48/21 ✧ nelquea “*13”
Elements
| *nelquë | “*thirteen” |
| -ëa² | “ordinal suffix” |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶nel-kwăya > nelquea | [nelkwaja] > [nelkwea] | ✧ VT48/21 |