canta

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Quenya numbers

minë = one
atta = two
neldë = three
canta = four
lempë = five
enquë = six
otso = seven
tolto = eight
nertë = nine
cainen = ten
minquë = eleven
yunquë = twelve
haran = one hundred

canta is the Quenya word for the number four.^[1] It is a homonym of canta "shape, frame-work" (derived from √KAT).^[2]

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", KÁNAT
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets Part 2", in Parma Eldalamberon XVIII (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 90

[1] J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", KÁNAT

[2] J.R.R. Tolkien, "Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets Part 2", in Parma Eldalamberon XVIII (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 90

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