A word in Quenya used in enumerating series from notes from the late 1960s (VT47/15-16), based on the extended root √ENET. Its original sense seems to be “one more beyond”, and it was used in enumerations where some actual numbers were omitted, except possibly the last such as 1, 2, nete, nete, 5 or 1, 2, (3), nete, nete, 10. As such, it also came to be seen as “the last before 10” and from this became the basis for neter > nertë “9”. In counts up to 5 it had the sense “one more beyond the middle”, associated with the fourth finger which in child games was used for the daughter. By association this finger was given the (technically unrelated) name nette “little girl, daughter” as a more affectionate variant of nésa (néþa) “sister”.