Q. min num. card. “one” (Category: One)
The Quenya word for “one” used when counting: min, atta, neldë, etc. This is contrasted with er “one, alone” for an isolated thing (VT48/6).
Conceptual Development: This use of min “one” appeared regularly in Tolkien’s writings, dating back to the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s (PE14/49, 82, 84), but there were occasional variations. The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s instead had ᴱQ. mir “one” (QL/61), and The Etymologies of the 1930s had a variant form mine derived from the root ᴹ√MINI “stand alone, stick out” (Ety/MINI).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would also use min adverbially to mean “first”, as in carnes sa min “he/she did it first”, either before anyone else did so, or before he/she did anything else. Tolkien use min this way in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s. See [ᴱQ.] minyallumë “firstly” for further discussion. For adjectival or pronominal “first” I would use minya.
References ✧ PE17/95; VT48/6
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ᴹQ. min num. card. “one” (Category: One)
References ✧ Ety/MINI; EtyAC/MINI
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| ᴹ√MINI > mine | [mine] | ✧ Ety/MINI |
| ᴹ√MINI > min | [min] | ✧ EtyAC/MINI |
ᴱQ. min² num. card. “one (in a series); the first” (Category: One)
References ✧ PE14/49, 82, 84
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ᴱQ. mir num. card. “one” (Category: One)
References ✧ LT1A/Minethlos; PME/61; QL/61
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| ᴱ√MĪ¹ > mir | [mir] | ✧ QL/61 |