The name of the leap-days used to adjust the Númenórean calendar in the 1st edition of The Lord of the Rings (RC/728). It is a combination of at(a)- “double”, endë “middle” and the adjective suffix -a. In the 2nd edition, the name was changed to the enderi (LotR/1108).
Quenya
atendëa
double-middle
atendëa
proper name. double-middle
Elements
Word Gloss at(a)- “double, second time, double, [repeat a] second time; [ᴱQ.] bi-, twi-; [ᴹQ.] back, again, re-” endëa “middle”
endëa
middle
#endëa adj. "middle" in atendëa, q.v. Compare enya.
endëa
adjective. middle
Element in
- Q. atendëa “double-middle” ✧ RC/728
Elements
Word Gloss endë “centre, middle, centre, middle; [ᴹQ.] core” -a “adjectival suffix”
endya
middle
endya > enya adj. "middle" (ÉNED)
enya
middle
enya < endya adj. "middle" (EN). Compare #endëa.
entya
central, middle
entya, enetya adj. "central, middle" (VT41:16; these forms, as well as the noun entë "centre", come from a late, somewhat confused source; the adjective #endëa and the noun endë from earlier material may fit the general system better, and #endëa is even found in the LotR itself as part of the word atendëa, q.v.)
atendëa noun "double-middle", name of the two enderi or middle-days that occurred in leap-years according to the calendar of Imladris (Appendix D, first edition of LotR)