Q. atta num. card. “two” (Category: Two)
This is the usual Quenya counting number for “two”, derived from √ATATA (VT42/27; VT48/19), which in turn is based on √AT “bi-, double, again (a second time)” (PE17/148, 166). It may be contrasted with yúyo “both” referring to both elements of a pair.
Conceptual Development: There was no word for “two” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s. In the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s, ᴱQ. yúyo meant “two” and ᴱQ. {satta >>} satto meant “both” (PE14/49, 82). By The Etymologies of the 1930s, these meanings were reversed with ᴹQ. atta “two” appearing under ᴹ√ATTA and ᴹQ. yúyo “both” appearing under ᴹ√YŪ (Ety/ATTA, YŪ).
References ✧ Let/427; PE17/95; PE23/142; VT42/26-27; VT48/6, 19; VT49/44-45
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| atto | genitive | “of 2” | ✧ VT49/45 |
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| ✶atata > atta | [atata] > [atta] | ✧ VT42/27 |
| ✶atta > atta | [atta] | ✧ VT48/19 |
ᴹQ. atta num. card. “two” (Category: Two)
References ✧ Ety/AT(AT), TATA; PE22/17, 44
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| ᴹ√ATTA > atta | [atta] | ✧ Ety/AT(AT) |
| ᴹ√AT(AT) > atta | [atta] | ✧ Ety/TATA |
ᴱQ. satto adj. “both; the two” (Category: Two)
References ✧ PE14/76-77, 82-83; PE15/70
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| satto(s) | accusative; adj-agreement | ✧ PE14/77 |
| †[satt]ur | dative; adj-agreement | ✧ PE14/77 |
| sattor | dative; adj-agreement | ✧ PE14/77 |
| satton | genitive; adj-agreement | ✧ PE14/77 |
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