ᴱQ. kan(ta)kainen num. card. “forty” (Category: Large Cardinal Number)
The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. kan(ta)kainen “forty” as a combination of ᴱQ. kanta “four” and ᴱQ. kainen “ten” (PE14/49, 82).
Neo-Quenya: Late in Tolkien’s life, Tolkien changed the Quenya word for “ten” to quëan or quain, which has been the basis for various neologisms for “forty”: ᴺQ. canaquëan, ᴺQ. canaquain, or ᴺQ. canquain. I prefer to use ᴺQ. canquain for purposes of Neo-Quenya.
References ✧ PE14/49, 82
Glosses
Elements
| kanta | “four” | ✧ PE14/49 |
| kainen | “ten” | ✧ PE14/49 |