Eldamo : Quenya : atya¹

Q. atya¹ n. “daddy, (my) father” (Category: Father)

Q. atya¹, n. “daddy, (my) father” (Category: Father): Q. #tata “*daddy”

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).

References ✧ PE17/170; VT47/10, 26-27, 32; VT48/6, 19

Glosses

“daddy” ✧ VT47/10; VT47/26
“father” ✧ VT48/6
“my father” ✧ PE17/170; VT48/19

Variations

atya ✧ PE17/170; VT47/10; VT47/26; VT47/26; VT48/6; VT48/19
ataryo ✧ VT47/10; VT47/27
taryo ✧ VT47/10
(a)taryo ✧ VT47/26
atyo ✧ VT47/32; VT47/32

atya “daddy” is a reduction of at(an)ya ✧ VT47/26
atya [is likely derived from] atar(inya) ✧ VT47/26
tolyo goes with atyo ✧ VT47/32

Changes

(a)taryo >> atya “daddy” ✧ VT47/26

Elements

atar¹	“father”
-nya	“my”

√AT(AR)	“father”	✧ VT48/19 (at/atar)