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.
Quenya
tata
noun. *daddy
Derivations
- √AT(AR) “father”
atta
cardinal. two
atta
cardinal. two
Cognates
Derivations
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
atyo
noun. *daddy
satto
cardinal. two
satto, "Qenya" numeral "two" (in Tolkiens later Quenya atta) (VT49:54)
An affectionate address from 4-year old Ancalimë to her father Aldarion, in the 1st sg. possessive form tatanya (UT/191). It appears nowhere else, and I recommend using the better attested Q. atya for “my father (affectionate)”.