#quenya — Public Fediverse posts

Daily Elvish

Today's date
Yavannië 14 (canquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Ithilya
Yavanna-ness [September] 14 (fourteen), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Moon-day [Monday]

Word of the day
lindë — singular: singing (as a noun), song, musical sound
lindit — dual: pair of songs
lindili — partitive: some songs
lindi — plural: songs

The Tengwar
The seventeeth letter of the tengwar is númen which is used for the letter N. The word númen means "west".

#DailyElvish #Tolkien #Quenya

Daily Elvish

Today's date
Yavannië 12 (yunquë), 2026 (yuquain enquë yuquain), Elenya
Yavanna-ness [September] 12 (twelve), 2026 (twenty six twenty), Star-day [Saturday]

Numbers, part 2

queän — ten
minquë — eleven
yunquë — twelve
nelquë — thirteen
canquë — fourteen
lepenquë — fifteen
enenquë — sixteen
otoquë — seventeen
tolquë — eighteen
neterquë — nineteen
yuquain — twenty

In the image below where the tengwar forms of the names and digits of the numbers are shown, you will notice that queän and minquë have two representations, first as a single digit, and then as a two digit form. This is because in addition to the base ten number system we are accustomed to, the Elves also used a base 12 number system at times. In the base twelve number system the basic digits are 0 through 11. The number 12 would be written in base 12 numbers as a 1 followed by a zero, or more accurately as a zero followed by a 1 since the Elvish custom of writing multi-digit numbers is to start withe the ones place, then the twelves place, then the hundred and fourty fours place, etc. They also wrote in this order when writing base ten numbers, and the two digit representations of the numbers below follows this convention to demonstrate it. First is the ones place and then the tens place. If you wish to write proper Quenya then you should follow this convention yourself, though you can be forgiven if you want to follow the convention of real world numbers, instead.

The Tengwar
The sixteenth letter of the tengwar is unquë which is used for the letter combination NQU The word unquë means "a hollow".

#DailyElvish #Tolkien #Quenya