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
Related
Inflections
| Attalyar | plural | “Bipeds” | ✧ WJ/389 |
Elements
| atta | “two” |
| tál | “foot” |
| -ya¹ | “adjective suffix” |
Element In
Cognates
ᴱQ. attalaite adj. “biped” (Category: Leg)
Reference ✧ QL/88 ✧ “biped”
Elements
| at- | “bi-, twi-” | |
| tala¹ | “foot; bottom, lowest part” | ✧ QL/88 |
| #-ite | “adjective ending” |