Eldamo : Middle Quenya : ata

ᴹQ. ata adv. “again, *(lit.) a second time” (Category: Again)

ᴹQ. ata, adv. “again, *(lit.) a second time” (Category: Again): ᴹQ. etwan “the second time”

An adverb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “again” based on the root ᴹ√AT “back, again”, a root that was also the basis for the word “two” (Ety/AT(AT)).

Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writings, he said prefixal at(a)- “again” could only be used “only in literal sense of second time, double” (PE17/166).

Reference ✧ Ety/AT(AT) ✧ “again”

Derivations

< ᴹ√AT “back, again, twice; two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT) (AT(AT))

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√AT(AT) > ata

[ata]

✧ Ety/AT(AT)