Quenya 

at(a)-

prefix. double, second time, double, [repeat a] second time; [ᴱQ.] bi-, twi-; [ᴹQ.] back, again, re-

Cognates

  • S. ad- “back, again, re-”

Derivations

  • AT “two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-; across, over, lying from side to side, two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-, [ᴹ√] again, twice; [ᴱ√] dual; [√] across, over, lying from side to side” ✧ PE17/166

Element in

  • Q. ahtar- “to do back, react; to requite, avenge”
  • ᴺQ. apterya- “to repair, fix”
  • ᴺQ. atacar- “to revenge, (lit.) back-make”
  • Q. ataformaitë “ambidextrous” ✧ VT49/11
  • Q. atamaitë “two-handed”
  • ᴺQ. atamenta- “to transmit”
  • Q. ataquanta- “*to refill, fill a second time, double fill” ✧ PE17/166
  • ᴺQ. ataquer “bike, bicycle”
  • ᴺQ. atesta- “to mention”
  • ᴺQ. atsinta- “to recognize”
  • ᴺQ. atyenárë “anniversary”
  • Q. atendëa “double-middle” ✧ RC/728
  • Q. ataquetië “saying again, repetition” ✧ PE17/166 (at(a)quetie)
  • ᴺQ. atanta- “to give back”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
AT(A) > at-[at-]✧ PE17/166

Variations

  • at- ✧ PE17/166; RC/728 (at-)
  • ata- ✧ PE17/166; VT49/11 (ata-)
Quenya [PE17/166; RC/728; VT49/11] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atwa

double

atwa adj. "double" (AT(AT) )

atatya

double

atatya vb? adj.? "double" (VT42:26)

atatya

adjective. double

Cognates

  • S. edaid “double” ✧ VT42/26

Derivations

  • atatya “double” ✧ VT42/27

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
atatya > atatya[atatja]✧ VT42/27

tanta

double

tanta (2) (prob. adj.) "double" (TATA)

pontë

back, rear

pontë (ponti-) noun "back, rear" (QL:75)

opto

noun. back

Quenya [PE 22:50n] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

catta

noun. back

A neologism for “back” coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, based on Q. ca(ta) “behind, at back of place”. This word can refer to the back of body as well as the back of other things.

Elements

WordGloss
ca(ta)“behind, at back of place, behind, at back of place; [ᴹQ.] after”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Sindarin 

ad-

prefix. back, again, re-

Cognates

  • Q. at(a)- “double, second time, double, [repeat a] second time; [ᴱQ.] bi-, twi-; [ᴹQ.] back, again, re-”

Derivations

  • AT “two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-; across, over, lying from side to side, two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-, [ᴹ√] again, twice; [ᴱ√] dual; [√] across, over, lying from side to side” ✧ PE17/167

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ATA > ad-[at-] > [ad-]✧ PE17/167
Sindarin [PE17/167] Group: Eldamo. Published by

adu

adjective. double

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. atwa “double”

Derivations

  • AT “two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-; across, over, lying from side to side, two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-, [ᴹ√] again, twice; [ᴱ√] dual; [√] across, over, lying from side to side”

Element in

  • S. Adurant “Double Stream” ✧ SA/rant

edaid

ordinal. double

Sindarin [VT/42:26-27] Group: SINDICT. Published by

edaid

adjective. double

Cognates

  • Q. atatya “double” ✧ VT42/26

Derivations

  • atatya “double” ✧ VT42/27

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
atatya > edaid[atatja] > [atatia] > [etetia] > [eteti] > [eteit] > [edeid] > [edaid]✧ VT42/27

tadol

double

(lenited dadol, analogical pl. dedyl)

ad

back

(as prefix) ad-, also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

ad

back

also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

dan

back

(prep.) dan (lenited nan) (again, against);

dan

back

(lenited nan) (again, against);

edaid

double

(adj.) 1) edaid; no distinct pl. form, 2) tadol (lenited dadol, analogical pl. dedyl)

edaid

double

; no distinct pl. form

Primitive elvish

atatya

adjective. double

Derivatives

  • Q. atatya “double” ✧ VT42/27
  • S. edaid “double” ✧ VT42/27
Primitive elvish [VT42/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khan

root. back

Derivatives

  • Q. han- “*back as an answer or return by another agent” ✧ PE17/166

Variations

  • KHAN ✧ PE17/157; PE17/166
Primitive elvish [PE17/157; PE17/166] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tō/oto

root. back

A root in a discussion of prefixes for “back” from around 1959, which Tolkien specified as meaning: “back as an answer, or return by another agent to an action affecting him, as in answering, replying, avenging, requiting, repaying, rewarding”; Tolkien also considered the forms √UTU/TŪ (PE17/166). But Tolkien crossed this all through and seems to have replaced it with √KHAN. Tolkien mentioned the root √OT in a discussion of numbers from the late 1960s, but only to specify that “there was no primitive base OT-” (VT47/16).

Element in

  • Q. tóquet- “to answer” ✧ PE17/166

Variations

  • TŌ/OT(O) ✧ PE17/166 (TŌ/OT(O)); PE17/187 (TŌ/OT(O))
  • OT ✧ PE17/167; VT47/16 (OT)
  • OT(O) ✧ PE17/171 (OT(O))
  • ✧ PE17/188 ()
  • UTU/TŪ ✧ PE17/189 (UTU/TŪ)
Primitive elvish [PE17/166; PE17/167; PE17/171; PE17/187; PE17/188; PE17/189; VT47/16] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

ad-

prefix. back, again, re-

Noldorin [Ety/349, VT/45:6] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ad-

prefix. back, again, re-

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. at(a)- “back, again, re-” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AT “back, again, twice; two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AT(AT) > ad-[at-] > [ad-]✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Variations

  • ad ✧ EtyAC/AT(AT)
Noldorin [Ety/AT(AT); EtyAC/AT(AT)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tadol

ordinal. double

Noldorin [Ety/391] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tadol

adjective. double

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tanta “double” ✧ Ety/TATA
Noldorin [Ety/TATA; PE22/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

at(a)-

prefix. back, again, re-

Cognates

  • N. ad- “back, again, re-” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AT “back, again, twice; two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT); Ety/TATA

Element in

  • ᴹQ. attul- “to come back, return”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AT(AT) > ata-[ata-]✧ Ety/AT(AT)
ᴹ√AT(AT) > atta-[atta-]✧ Ety/TATA

Variations

  • ata- ✧ Ety/AT(AT)
  • at- ✧ Ety/AT(AT)
  • atta- ✧ Ety/TATA (atta-)
Qenya [Ety/AT(AT); Ety/TATA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atwa

adjective. double

Cognates

  • S. adu “double”
  • Ilk. ado “double” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AT “back, again, twice; two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AT(AT) > atwa[atwa]✧ Ety/AT(AT)
Qenya [Ety/AT(AT); PE22/023; PE22/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tanta

adjective. double

Cognates

  • N. tadol “double” ✧ Ety/TATA

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TATA “two” ✧ Ety/TATA

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TATA > tanta[tanta]✧ Ety/TATA

opto

noun. back

Derivations

  • ᴱ√POT-I “*back, behind, after”

Doriathrin

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.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. atwa “double” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AT “back, again, twice; two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AT(AT) > adu > ado[atwa] > [adwa] > [adw] > [adu] > [ado]✧ Ety/AT(AT)
Doriathrin [Ety/AT(AT)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dôn

noun. back

A Doriathrin word for “back” explicitly marked as a noun (Ety/NDAN). Its primitive form might have been ✱✶ndān, so that the primitive long [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] and the [[ilk|initial nasal [n] was lost before the stop]] (as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, AL-Doriathrin/dôn).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(N)DAN “back, backwards” ✧ Ety/NDAN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NDAN > dôn[ndān] > [ndōn] > [dōn]✧ Ety/NDAN
Doriathrin [Ety/NDAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

bod-

prefix. back, back, [G.] again; un- (= backwards)

Changes

  • vod-bod- ✧ PE13/139

Element in

  • En. bodruith “revenge” ✧ PE13/139
  • En. bodamros “that lives again, renewed, renovated” ✧ PE13/137
  • En. bodamrost “resurrection” ✧ PE13/137

Variations

  • vod- ✧ PE13/139 (vod-)
Early Noldorin [PE13/137; PE13/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bod

adverb. back

Cognates

  • Eq. pote “after, behind (of place)” ✧ PE13/139

Derivations

  • ᴱ√POT-I “*back, behind, after” ✧ PE13/139

Element in

  • En. bod- “back, back, [G.] again; un- (= backwards)” ✧ PE13/139
Early Noldorin [PE13/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bôn

noun. back

Changes

  • bodnbón ✧ PE13/139

Cognates

  • Eq. ponte “back, rear” ✧ PE13/139

Derivations

Variations

  • bón ✧ PE13/139
  • bodn ✧ PE13/139 (bodn)
Early Noldorin [PE13/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by