attalya

noun/adjective. biped, *(lit.) two-footed

A noun or adjective meaning “two-legged”, attested only in its (noun) plural form attalyar (WJ/389). It is a combination of atta “two” and tál “foot”, with the adjective suffix -ya.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, there were similar words for “biped”: the noun ᴱQ. attalin and the adjective ᴱQ. attalaite (QL/88).

Cognates

• S. tad-dal “two-legged, two-legged, *biped” ✧ WJ/388

Element in

• Q. Attalyar “Bipeds, (lit.) The Two-footed”

Elements

Word	Gloss
atta	“two”
tál	“foot, foot; [ᴹQ.] bottom, [ᴱQ.] lowest part”
-ya	“adjective suffix”

attalaitë

biped

attalaitë adj. "biped" (having two feet) (VT49:42, PE12:88)

atta

cardinal. two

atta (1) cardinal "two" (AT(AT), Letters:427, VT42:26, 27, VT48:6, 19). Elen atta "two stars" (VT49:44); notice how a noun is indeclinable before this numeral, and any case endings are "singular" and added to the numeral rather than the noun, e.g. genitive elen atto "of two stars" (VT49:45). Attalyar "Bipeds" (sg. *Attalya) = Petty-dwarves (from Sindarin Tad-dail) (WJ:389). A word atta_ "again" was struck out; see the entry _TAT in Etym and cf. ata in this list.

atta

cardinal. two

Cognates

• Ad. satta “two”
• S. tâd “two” ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26; VT48/06
• T. tata “two” ✧ VT42/26; VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶(a)tata “two” ✧ VT42/27
  • √ATATA “two, two; [ᴹ√] again, back” ✧ VT42/27
• ✶atta “two” ✧ VT48/19
  • √ATATA “two, two; [ᴹ√] again, back” ✧ VT48/19

Element in

• Q. Atan “Man, (lit.) the Second (People)”
• Q. attalya “biped, *(lit.) two-footed”
• Q. attëa “second”
• ᴺQ. attië “group of two, couple, pair”
• ᴺQ. attindo “doubt, (lit.) two mind”
• Q. Attólamaitë “biconsonantal”
• Q. elen atto “of 2 stars” ✧ VT49/45
• Q. nai elen atta siluvat aurenna veryanwesto “*may two stars shine upon the day of your wedding” ✧ VT49/44; VT49/44
• Q. tatya “second”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶atata > atta	[atata] > [atta]	✧ VT42/27
✶atta > atta	[atta]	✧ VT48/19

satto

cardinal. two

satto, "Qenya" numeral "two" (in Tolkiens later Quenya atta) (VT49:54)

tâd

cardinal. two

tâd

cardinal. two

Cognates

• Q. atta “two” ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26; VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶(a)tata “two” ✧ PE17/014; VT42/27
  • √ATATA “two, two; [ᴹ√] again, back” ✧ VT42/27

Element in

• S. tad-dal “two-legged, two-legged, *biped”
• S. tadui “second” ✧ VT42/25
• ᴺS. taphaen “twenty”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶atata > (a)táta > tad	[atata] > [tata] > [tat] > [tad] > [tād]	✧ VT42/27

Variations

• tad ✧ PE17/014 (tad); PE17/095; VT42/26; VT42/27; VT48/06

tad-dal

noun/adjective. biped, two-legged animal

tad

cardinal. two

tâd

cardinal. two

1) tâd (in compounds tad-, as in tad-dal ”two-legged”), 2) (adjectival prefix) ui- (twi-, both).

tâd

two

(in compounds tad-, as in tad-dal ”two-legged”)

tad-dal

two-legged

(lenited dad-dal), pl. tad-dail.

tad-dal

biped

(also as adj. ”two-legged”) *tad-dal (i dad-dal, o thad-dal), pl. tad-dail (i thad-dail)

tad-dal

biped

(i dad-dal, o thad-dal), pl. tad-dail (i thad-dail)

ui

two

(twi-, both).

tata

cardinal. two

Cognates

• Q. atta “two” ✧ VT42/26; VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶(a)tata “two” ✧ VT42/27
  • √ATATA “two, two; [ᴹ√] again, back” ✧ VT42/27

Variations

• tat ✧ VT48/06

satta

noun. two

The Adûnaic number “two” (SD/428). It seems likely that it is related to Q. atta “two”, as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne (AAD/22), though it is unclear how the initial s- might have developed in the Adûnaic. It may also be related to the Adûnaic dual suffix -at, as suggested by Andreas Moehn (EotAL/SAT).

Cognates

• Q. atta “two”

Derivations

• √SATH “pair”

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

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

(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”

tâd

cardinal. two

tâd

cardinal. two

Cognates

• ᴹQ. atta “two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Derivations

• ᴹ√TATA “two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT); Ety/TATA

Element in

• N. tadol “double” ✧ Ety/TATA

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TATA > tâd	[tata] > [tat] > [tad] > [tād]	✧ Ety/TATA

Variations

• tad ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

tad

cardinal. two