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'''''lempe''''' is the [[Quenya]] word for the number five.<ref name=VT42>{{VT|42b}}, pp. 24-5</ref><ref name=VT47>{{VT|47a}}, p. 24</ref><ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 368</ref> | '''''lempe''''' is the [[Quenya]] word for the number five.<ref name=VT42>{{VT|42b}}, pp. 24-5</ref><ref name=VT47>{{VT|47a}}, p. 24</ref><ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 368</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 95</ref> | ||
In a late manuscript, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] also suggested the Quenya form '''''lemen''''' ("five"), which had been rejected in other manuscripts.<ref>{{VT|48a}}, pp. 6, 20 (note 17)</ref> | In a late manuscript, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] also suggested the Quenya form '''''lemen''''' ("five"), which had been rejected in other manuscripts.<ref>{{VT|48a}}, pp. 6, 20 (note 17)</ref> | ||
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lempe is the Quenya word for the number five.[1][2][3][4]
In a late manuscript, Tolkien also suggested the Quenya form lemen ("five"), which had been rejected in other manuscripts.[5]
Helge Fauskanger has suggested that the form lempë (retaining the same meaning) would be valid Neo-Quenya.[6]
Etymology
See also
References
- ↑ 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, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 368
- ↑ 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), pp. 95
- ↑ 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, 20 (note 17)
- ↑ Helge Kåre Fauskanger, "English-Quenya Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)" at Ardalambion (accessed 25 June 2011)
