atya

daddy

atya (2) noun "daddy", supposedly a word in "actual 'family' use" (VT47:26, PE17:170), also used in children's play for "thumb" and "big toe" (VT47:10, 26, VT48:4, 6); reduction of at(an)ya "my father" (or, as explained in VT48:19, reduction of at-nya of similar meaning). Compare atto.

atya

second

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

atya

ordinal. second

atya

noun. daddy, (my) father

An affectionate word for one’s own father, a reduction of Q. atarinya “my father” (PE17/170; VT47/26). Tolkien also toyed with alternate forms like atyo and (a)taryo (VT47/10, 27, 32; VT48/19).

Changes

• (a)taryo → atya ✧ VT47/10

Elements

Word	Gloss
atar	“father”
-nya	“my”

Variations

• atya ✧ PE17/170; VT47/10; VT47/26; VT47/26; VT48/06; VT48/19
• ataryo ✧ VT47/10; VT47/27
• taryo ✧ VT47/10
• (a)taryo ✧ VT47/26 ((a)taryo)
• atyo ✧ VT47/32; VT47/32

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

ordinal. second

Element in

• Q. Atyamar “*Second Home”
• Q. Atyarussa “Second-russa” ✧ VT41/10
• Q. Tatyar “Seconds (original clan name of the Noldor)”

Elements

Word	Gloss
atta	“two”
-ya	“adjective suffix”

Variations

• Atya ✧ VT41/10 (Atya)

atar

father

atar noun "father" (SA; WJ:402, UT:193, LT1:255, VT43:37, VT44:12). According to the Etymologies (ATA) the pl. is atari, but contrast #atári in Atanatári "Fathers of Men" (q.v.); possibly the word behaves differently when compounded. Atarinya "my father" (LR:70), atar(inya) the form a child would use addressing his or her father, also reduced to atya (VT47:26). Diminutive masc. name Atarincë ("k") "Little father", amilessë (never used in narrative) of Curufinwë = Curufin (PM:353). Átaremma, Ataremma "our Father" as the first word of the Quenya translation of the Lord's Prayer, written before Tolkien changed -mm- as the marker of 1st person pl. exclusive to -lm-; notice -e- as a connecting vowel before the ending -mma "our". In some versions of the Lord's Prayer, including the final version, the initial a of atar "father" is lengthened, producing #átar. This may be a contraction of *a atar "o Father", or the vowel may be lengthened to give special emphasis to #Átar "Father" as a religious title (VT43:13). However, in VT44:12 Atar is also a vocative form referring to God, and yet the initial vowel remains short.

atar

noun. father

atar

noun. father

The Quenya word for “father”, derived from the root √AT(AR) (PM/324; WJ/402; VT48/19).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. atar “father” dates all the way back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, though in that document it was “a more solemn word ... usually to 1st Person of the Blessed Trinity”, as opposed to more ordinary ᴱQ. attu “father” (QL/33). In the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, ᴱQ. atar was the ordinary word for “father”, but with variant archaic form †attar (PE15/72). ᴹQ. atar “father” reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√ATA of the same meaning (Ety/ATA). It appeared again in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s in various inflected forms (PE22/118-119). It continued to appear regularly in Tolkien’s later writings. Thus this word was established early and retained its form throughout Tolkien’s life with only minor variations.

Cognates

• S. adar “father” ✧ PM/324

Derivations

• ✶atar “father”
  • √AT(AR) “father”

Element in

• Q. alcar i Ataren ar i Yondon ar i Airefëan “glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit” ✧ VT43/37
• Q. Atanatar “Father of Men” ✧ SA/atar
• Q. atar aranya “*royal father” ✧ UT/193
• Q. Átaremma i ëa han Eä “our Father who art in Heaven” ✧ VT43/13; VT43/13; VT43/13; VT43/13; VT43/13; VT43/13; VT43/13
• Q. Atarincë “Little Father”
• Q. Atar meneldëa Eru órava (o)messë “God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us” ✧ VT44/16
• Q. atartil “thumb [nursery rhymes]”
• Q. atya “daddy, (my) father”
• Q. Ilquendatar “Father of All Quendi”
• Q. Ilúvatar “Father of All” ✧ SA/atar; WJ/402
• Q. Návatar “*Dwarf-father”
• ᴺQ. atartur “patriarch, (lit.) master-father”

Variations

• atar ✧ PM/324; SA/atar; UT/193; VT43/37; WJ/402
• Atar ✧ VT44/16

attëa

second

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

attëa

ordinal. second

Cognates

• S. tadui “second” ✧ VT42/25
• T. tatya “second” ✧ VT42/25

Elements

Word	Gloss
atta	“two”
-ëa	“ordinal suffix”

Variations

• attea ✧ VT42/25

ataryo

daddy

ataryo, also taryo (cited as (a)taryo), noun "daddy", also used as a name for the thumb in children's play, but Tolkien emended it to atto/atya (VT48:4). Compare atar "father".

-ya

dad

-ya (3) suffix of endearment, attested in Anardilya as an intimate form of the name Anardil (UT:174, 418), possibly also occurring in atya "dad", emya "mum" (q.v.) The forms ataryo "daddy" and amilyë "mummy" (q.v.) may contain gender-specific variants -yo masc. and -yë fem.

(a)taryo

noun. daddy

Návatar

father

Návatar noun a title of Aulë referring to his position as the immediate author of the Dwarvish race, apparently including atar "father", but the first element cannot be related to any known term for "Dwarf" (PM:391 cf. 381)

atto

father, daddy

atto noun "father, daddy" (hypocoristic)(ATA, LR:49), supposedly a word in "actual 'family' use" (VT47:26), also used in children's play for "thumb" and "big toe" (VT47:10, 26, VT48:4, 6). The dual form attat listed in VT48:19 seems to be formed from the alternative form atta, though attat was changed by Tolkien from attot. - Compare atya.

neuna

second

neuna adj. "second" (NDEW)

adar

noun. father

adar

noun. father

The Sindarin word for “father”, derived from the root √AT(AR) (PM/324; VT44/21-22; VT48/19).

Conceptual Development: N. adar “father” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√ATA of the same meaning (Ety/ATA). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, however, G. †ador “father” was marked as archaic, and it seems {athon >>} G. nathon was the ordinary word for ”father” (GL/17, 59).

Cognates

• Q. atar “father” ✧ PM/324

Derivations

• Os. atar
  • ✶atar “father”
  • √AT(AR) “father”

Element in

• S. ae Adar nín i vi Menel “our Father who [art] in Heaven” ✧ VT44/22
• S. atheg “[little] father; thumb” ✧ VT48/17 (aderig)
• S. Edenedair “Fathers of Men”
• S. Eladar “Starfather”
• S. Iarwain Ben-adar “Oldest and Fatherless”

Variations

• Adar ✧ VT44/22

taid

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

atheg

noun. "litte father"

atheg

noun. thumb (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)

tadeg

ordinal. second

tadui

ordinal. second

tadui

ordinal. second

Cognates

• Q. attëa “second” ✧ VT42/25

edwen

ordinal. second

edwen

ordinal. second

Element in

• S. egor ben genediad Drannail erin Gwirith edwen “or in the Shire-reckoning the second day of April” ✧ AotM/062; SD/129

edwen

second

(pl. edwin).

ada

father

(pl. edai)

ada

daddy

ada (pl. edai)

ada

daddy

(pl. edai)

adar

father

adar (pl. edair);

adar

father

(pl. edair);

tadui

second

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

tadui

second

(lenited dadui; no distinct pl. form)

aduial

second twilight

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

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

adanadar

father of men

normally pl. Edenedair "Fathers of Men", the early Edain.

tatya

ordinal. second

Cognates

• Q. attëa “second” ✧ VT42/25

atta

noun. father

Cognates

• Q. atto “daddy, father (familiar/family)” ✧ VT48/06

Element in

• T. attacë “father [diminutive]; *daddy” ✧ VT48/06

attô

noun. father

A noun for “father” (SD/434). Tolkien gave two forms of this word, attû and attô, with no indication as to which would be preferred. For reasons similar to those given in the entry for ammê “mother”, my guess is that attû is an archaic form, and attô was preferred by the time of Classical Adûnaic. This word is probably related to the Elvish root √AT(AR) “father”, perhaps from Primitive Elvish ᴹ✶atū.

Derivations

• √AT(AR) “father”

Variations

• attū/attō ✧ SD/434

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

ada

noun. father, daddy

adar

noun. father

adar

noun. father

Cognates

• ᴹQ. atar “father” ✧ Ety/ATA

Derivations

• ᴹ✶atar “father” ✧ Ety/ATA
  • ᴹ√ATA “father” ✧ Ety/ATA

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶atar > adar	[atar] > [adar]	✧ Ety/ATA
ᴹ✶atar > edeir > eder	[atarī] > [atari] > [eteri] > [eteir] > [edeir] > [eder]	✧ Ety/ATA