nelequë

"kw" cardinal "thirteen" VT48:21. The spelling "nelekwe" occurring in the primary source could suggest that this is really a Common Eldarin form; if so, one could theorize that the Quenya form would be *nelquë with syncope of the middle vowel the same source lists "minikwe" as a word for 11, and the Quenya form is known to be minque. Compare nelquëa. On the other hand, "tolokwe" as a word for 18 is listed together with definite Quenya forms and is apparently an unorthodox spelling of *toloquë as observed by the editor; here no syncope producing *tolquë occurs. Thus toloquë could support ?nelequë as the Quenya word but because of the uncertainties, yunquentë may be preferred as the word for 13.