atta

cardinal. two

Derivations

• √ATATA “two, two; [ᴹ√] again, back” ✧ VT48/19

Derivatives

• Q. atta “two” ✧ VT48/19
• S. -ath “collective or group plural” ✧ VT48/19

Element in

• ✶galadā atta “2 trees” ✧ PE21/74

Variations

• Atta ✧ NM/060
• Tata ✧ NM/060

atta

root. ATTA

atata

root. two, two; [ᴹ√] again, back

Derivatives

• ✶(a)tata “two” ✧ VT42/27
  • Q. atta “two” ✧ VT42/27
  • S. athra- “to cross (to and fro)” ✧ PE17/014
  • S. tâd “two” ✧ PE17/014; VT42/27
  • T. tata “two” ✧ VT42/27
• ✶atta “two” ✧ VT48/19
  • Q. atta “two” ✧ VT48/19
  • S. -ath “collective or group plural” ✧ VT48/19
• S. taid “supporting, second in command”

Element in

• ✶atatya “double” ✧ VT42/27

Variations

• AT-TA ✧ PE17/148; PE17/166 (AT-TA)
• ATTA ✧ PE21/74; VT42/24
• TATA ✧ PE21/74; VT42/24
• Atat ✧ VT42/27
• tat(ă) ✧ VT48/19

atar

noun. father

Derivations

• √AT(AR) “father”

Derivatives

• Q. atar “father”
• Os. atar
  • S. adar “father”

Variations

• atan ✧ PE21/71; PE21/83
• átar ✧ PE21/74; PE21/75; PE21/76
• atta ✧ PE21/83
• atto ✧ PE21/83

at(ar)

root. father

As the basis for “father” words, √AT and its extended form √ATAR date all the way back to Tolkien’s earliest ideas. The root itself did not explicitly appear in the Qenya or Gnomish Lexicons of the 1910s, but forms like ᴱQ. atar, G. †ador “father” indicate its presence (QL/33; GL/17). The root ᴹ√ATA “father” did appear in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. atar, N. adar (Ety/ATA) and the base √AT(AR) “father” was mentioned again in late 1960s notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals (VT48/19). In this late period, the Elvish words for “father” remained Q. atar and S. adar (PM/324).

Derivatives

• Ad. attô “father”
• ✶atar “father”
  • Q. atar “father”
  • Os. atar
  • S. adar “father”
• Q. atto “daddy, father (familiar/family)” ✧ VT48/19
• Q. tata “*daddy”

Element in

• Q. atamir “heirloom”
• Q. atya “daddy, (my) father” ✧ VT48/19
• S. advir “heirloom”

Variations

• at/atar ✧ VT48/19

(a)tata

cardinal. two

Derivations

• √ATATA “two, two; [ᴹ√] again, back” ✧ VT42/27

Derivatives

• Q. atta “two” ✧ VT42/27
• S. athra- “to cross (to and fro)” ✧ PE17/014
• S. tâd “two” ✧ PE17/014; VT42/27
• T. tata “two” ✧ VT42/27

Element in

• ✶Tata “Two” ✧ WJ/421
• ✶Tatie ✧ WJ/421

Variations

• atta- ✧ PE17/014 (atta-)
• atata ✧ VT42/27
• atta/tata ✧ WJ/421

tata

masculine name. Two

Element in

• Q. Tatalië “*Company of Tata”