Q. neldë num. card. “three” (Category: Three)
The Quenya word for “three” derived from √NEL(ED) of the same meaning (VT47/10-11; Ety/NEL).
Conceptual Development: This use of nelde for “three” dates back all the way to Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s (PE14/49, 82). However, in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s ᴱQ. nelde was “four”, appearing under the early root ᴱ√NELE “point” and serving as the basis for the word ᴱQ. neldenelqa “square” (QL/65). In this 1910s document, ᴱQ. ole was “three” derived from the early root ᴱ√OLO¹ “tip” (QL/69).
References ✧ PE17/95; SA/neldor; VT47/10-11; VT48/6; VT49/45
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| neldeo | genitive | “of 3” | ✧ VT49/45 |
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| ✶nelede > nelde | [nelede] > [nelde] | ✧ VT47/10 |
| √(e)nel-ed > nelde | [nelede] > [nelde] | ✧ VT47/11 |
ᴹQ. nelde num. card. “three” (Category: Three)
Reference ✧ Ety/NEL ✧ “three”
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| ᴹ√NÉL-ED > nelde | [nelede] > [nelde] | ✧ Ety/NEL |
ᴱQ. nelde num. card. “three; four” (Category: Three)
References ✧ PE14/49, 82; PME/65; QL/65
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| ᴱ√NELE > ‽nelde | [neldē] > [nelde] | ✧ QL/65 |
ᴱQ. ole¹ num. card. “three” (Category: Three)
References ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/69
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| ole- | stem | ✧ QL/69 |
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| ᴱ√OLO¹ > ole | [olē] > [ole] | ✧ QL/69 |