atartil

noun. thumb [nursery rhymes]

A nursery name for the thumb in rough drafts of Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from 1968, a combination of Q. atar “father” and Q. til “tip”, and appearing beside alternate form ataryo (VT47/26-27 note #35). In later versions of these notes, the nursery name was atto, atya, ataryo or taryo (VT47/10, VT48/6).

Elements

Word	Gloss
atar	“father”
tillë	“tip, point; [within compounds] finger, toe, tip, point; [within compounds] finger, toe; [ᴱQ.] eyelash”

toltil

thumb

[toltil noun "thumb" (VT47:26)]

toltil

noun. thumb

nápo

thumb

nápo noun "thumb" (VT47:10, VT48:4, 5). Compare nápat.

tollë

noun. thumb

Changes

• (tal)tolle → (lep)tolle ✧ VT47/27

Derivations

• √TOL “stick up or out, stand up (out and above neighboring things), raise the head” ✧ VT47/26

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√TOL > tolle	[tolle]	✧ VT47/26

Variations

• tolle ✧ VT47/26
• (lep)tolle ✧ VT47/27
• (tal)tolle ✧ VT47/27 ((tal)tolle)

tolmo

thumb

[tolmo noun "thumb", rejected by Tolkien in favour of nápo (VT48:15)]

tolpë

thumb

tolpë noun "thumb" (VT47:28, VT48:8), a form Tolkien may have rejected in favour of nápo, q.v.

tolpë

noun. thumb

Changes

• tolpe → nāpo ✧ VT47/10
• tolpe → tolbo “thumb” ✧ VT47/28

Cognates

• T. tolmo “thumb” ✧ VT47/28

Variations

• tolpe ✧ VT47/26 (tolpe); VT47/28; VT47/28