Leben

Sindarin numbers
min = one tâd = two nêl, neleð = three canad = four leben = five eneg = six odog = seven toloth = eight neder = nine caer or pae = ten minib = eleven ýneg = twelve

leben is the number five (5, V) in Sindarin.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Etymology

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor: Appendix: The Eldarin numerals" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, pp. 24-5
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 24
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Two" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005, pp. 6, 21 (note 23)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 95