144 years = 1 yeni
It's not...
144 man years = 1 elven year
A year is a year is a year. They only used the term 'yeni' because it was easier than keeping up with years, being alive through so many of them.
When someone says Elrond was 6,000+ years old, they don't mean 6,000+ x 144 years.
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