levain (pl. of lavan “animal, four-footed beast”), tad (“two”) + tail (pl. of tal “foot”)
Sindarin
tad-dal
adjective. two-legged, two-legged, *biped
tad-dal
noun/adjective. biped, two-legged animal
levain tad-dail
collective name. Petty Dwarves, (lit.) Two-legged Animals
Levain tad-dail
noun. two-legged animals
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)
tad-dal
two-legged
(adj. and noun ”biped”) tad-dal (lenited dad-dal), pl. tad-dail.
tad
cardinal. two
tâd
cardinal. two
tâd
cardinal. two
tâd
cardinal. two
- 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”)
ui
two
(twi-, both).
A name the Sindarin used for the Petty Dwarves when they first believed they were only animals, a combination of the plural of lavan “animal” and the plural of tad-dal “two-legged” (WJ/388).