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Q. #attalya n. and adj. “biped, *(lit.) two-footed” (Category: Leg)

Q. #attalya, n. and adj. “biped, *(lit.) two-footed” (Category: Leg)

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 -ya¹.

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).

References ✧ WJ/389

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Inflections

Attalyar plural “Bipeds” ✧ WJ/389

Elements

atta “two”
tál “foot”
-ya¹ “adjective suffix”

Element In

Cognates


ᴱQ. attalaite adj. “biped” (Category: Leg)

See Q. #attalya for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/88 ✧ “biped”

Elements

at- “bi-, twi-”
tala¹ “foot; bottom, lowest part” ✧ QL/88
#-ite “adjective ending”

ᴱQ. attalin n. “biped” (Category: Leg)

See Q. #attalya for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/88 ✧ “a biped”

Elements

at- “bi-, twi-”
tala¹ “foot; bottom, lowest part” ✧ QL/88