adu
adjective. double
edaid
ordinal. double
edaid
adjective. double
The Sindarin word for “double” in notes from the late 1960s derived from primitive ✶atatya, an adjective form of the root √ATATA (VT42/26-27).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. tadol “double” under the root ᴹ√TATA “two”, an adjectival form of tâd “two” (Ety/TATA). This word reappeared in its mutated form dadol in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s and 40s in the term peg dadol “double dot” (PE22/31; PE23/22).
edaid
double
(adj.) 1) edaid; no distinct pl. form, 2) tadol (lenited dadol, analogical pl. dedyl)
edaid
double
; no distinct pl. form
tadol
double
(lenited dadol, analogical pl. dedyl)
tadol
ordinal. double
tadol
adjective. double
atatya
adjective. double
atatya
double
atatya vb? adj.? "double" (VT42:26)
atatya
adjective. double
The Quenya word for “double” in notes from the late 1960s derived from primitive ✶atatya, an adjective form of the root √ATATA (VT42/26-27).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. tanta “double” under the root ᴹ√TATA “two” (Ety/TATA) and ᴹQ. atwa “double” under the root ᴹ√AT(AT) “again, back” (Ety/AT(AT)). The latter was glossed “either ... or” in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/107); see the entry for ᴹQ. atwa for further discussion.
atwa
double
atwa adj. "double" (AT(AT) )
tanta
double
tanta (2) (prob. adj.) "double" (TATA)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
ado
adjective. double
An adjective meaning “double” derived from the primitive root for two: ᴹ√AT (Ety/AT(AT)). The entry includes both intermediate and final forms adu and ado. Its Quenya cognate atwa indicates a primitive form ✱✶atwā, so this word is the clearest evidence that [[ilk|final [w] became [u]]] and [[ilk|final [u] became [o]]] in Ilkorin.
tanta
adjective. double
A (Sindarin?) word for “double” in the name Adurant “Double Stream” from The Silmarillion (S/123; SA/rant).
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s, Adurant was Ilkorin and its initial element was Ilk. adu/ado “double”, cognate to ᴹQ. atwa of the same meaning and derived from the root ᴹ√AT(AT) “back, again” (Ety/AT(AT)).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use adu only as a prefix, and would use edaid as the normal word for “double”. This prefixal use of adu- “double” would help distinguish it from ad- “re-, again”.