aduial

noun. the evening, time of star-opening, "evendim"

aduial

noun. (evening) twilight, (evening) twilight, *evening

tadui

ordinal. second

tadui

ordinal. second

The Sindarin word for “second”, an adjectival form of tâd “two” in notes from the late 1960s using the adjectival suffix -ui (VT42/25).

Conceptual Development: Earlier in these same 1960s notes, Tolkien had tadeg as the colloquial word for “second” but this word was deleted (VT42/10).

Sometime around 1950, the King’s Letter in the unpublished epilogue to The Lord of the Rings had a word edwen “second” in the phrase egor ben genediad Drannail erin Gwirith edwen “or in the Shire-reckoning the second day of April” (SD/129). The preceding phrase had dolothen “eighth”, clearly a mutated form of tolothen which was an adjectival form of toloth “eight” with the adjectival suffix -en rather than later -ui. The same suffix can be seen in edwen, and its initial element might be related to adu (adw-) “double”.

The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. obin “second, next” based on G. ob “after, close behind” (GL/62).

aduial

second twilight

. aduial (evendim, the time of evening when the stars come out), pl. aduiail.

aduial

second twilight

(evendim, the time of evening when the stars come out), pl. aduiail.

tadui

second

(adjective) 1) tadui (lenited dadui; no distinct pl. form), 2) edwen (pl. edwin).

tadui

second

(lenited dadui; no distinct pl. form)

edwen

ordinal. second

edwen

ordinal. second

tadeg

ordinal. second

taid

adjective. second (in the sense of supporting, second in command)

ad

second

(as prefix) ad-, also meaning "back, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "Reunion", and also in the term for

ad

second

also meaning "back, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "Reunion", and also in the term for

dû

late evening

(i dhû) (night, nightfall, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302).

edwen

second

(pl. edwin).

thinna

grow toward evening

(fade).

thîn

evening

†*thîn (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. thíniath). The form cited in LR:392 s.v. __ is not marked as containing a long vowel (“thin”).

thîn

evening

(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. thíniath). The form cited in LR:392 s.v. THIN is not marked as containing a long vowel (“thin”).

tinnu

starlit evening

(i** dinnu, o thinnu) (dusk, twilight, early night without a moon), pl. tinny (i** thynny) if there is a pl. Verb

gwîn

noun. evening

thîn

noun. evening

thîn Archaic

noun. evening

tatya

ordinal. second

attëa

second

attëa ordinal "second", replacing the archaic form tatya (VT42:25)

attëa

ordinal. second

The usual Quenya word for “second”, an adjectival form of atta “two” (VT42/25).

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. potsina appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “rearward, back, rear, hinder”, and based on ᴱQ. pote “after, behind (of place)” under the early root ᴱ√POT-I (QL/75). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s it had the added meaning “second” along with “next, following” (PE14/51, 82).

The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. neuna “second” derived from ᴹ✶ndeu̯na under the root ᴹ√NDEW “follow, come behind” (Ety/NDEW). Neuna was thus semantically similar to ᴱQ. potsina where “second” = “✱following”. The word neuna has a variant nyûna that Tolkien marked with a “?” (EtyAC/NDEW).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use attëa as the usual word for “second”, but I would retain neuna for “second” in the sense “✱immediately following, next”.

atya

second

#atya (1) adj. "second" in Atyarussa "Second russa" (VT41:10)

atya

ordinal. second

neuna

second

neuna adj. "second" (NDEW)

sinyë

evening

sinyë (þ) noun "evening" (THIN)

tatya

second

tatya archaic ordinal "second". Nominal pl. Tatyar "Seconds, Second Ones", the original name of the Noldor as the Second Clan of the Elves (or rather the direct Quenya descendant of the original name, which was probably Tatjāi). (WJ:380) Later, tatya as an ordinal was replaced by attëa (VT42:25).

tatya Archaic

ordinal. second

An archaic word for “second”, replaced in modern Quenya by attëa (VT42/25). The archaic word appeared as the ancient name of the tribe of the Noldor: Tatyar “Seconds” (WJ/380, 420). There was another variant atya appearing in a few archaic names like Atyarussa “Second-russa” (VT41/10) and (probably) Atyamar “✱Second Home” (NM/51).

vinyë

evening

[vinyë noun "evening" (VT46:21)]