Q. yúyo adj. “both” (Category: Two)
This is the Quenya word for “both” (VT49/10) derived from √YU of the same meaning (PE17/70). It is likely it can be used as either an adjective or a pronoun: antanes nin yúyo parma “he/she gave me both books” vs. antanes nin yúyo “he/she gave me both”. Yúyo may be contrasted with atta which is the counting word for “two”.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. aqi “a brace, a couple of, both” as an indeclinable adjective under the early root ᴱ√ATA used for duals (QL/33). In the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s, ᴱQ. {satta >>} satto meant “both” and ᴱQ. yúyo meant “two” (PE14/82). 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).
Reference ✧ VT49/10
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ᴹQ. yúyo adj. “both” (Category: Two)
Reference ✧ Ety/YŪ ✧ yūyo “both”
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| ᴹ√YŪ > yūyo | [jūju] > [jūjo] | ✧ Ety/YŪ |
ᴱQ. yúyo num. card. “two” (Category: Two)
References ✧ PE14/49-50, 76, 82-83
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| yú | “twice” | ✧ PE14/51 |
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