Eldamo : Quenya : nertëa

Q. nertëa num. ord. “ninth” (Category: Ordinal Number)

A word for “ninth” in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s (VT42/25), an adjectival form of nertë “nine”.

Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. húya “ninth” based on ᴱQ. hue “nine” (PE14/51, 82).

Reference ✧ VT42/25 ✧ nertea “9th”

Elements

nertë	“nine”
-ëa²	“ordinal suffix”	✧ VT42/25

Cognates

ᴱQ. húya num. ord. “ninth” (Category: Ordinal Number)

See Q. nertëa for discussion.

References ✧ PE14/51, 82

Glosses

Elements

hue	“nine”	✧ PE14/49
-tya¹	“comparative”	✧ PE14/48