tanta (1) noun "harp", also as verb tanta- "to play a harp" (VT41:10)
Quenya
tanta-
verb. to play a harp
tanta
double
tanta
harp
tantila
harp
tantila noun "harp" (VT41:10)
tanta-
verb. to bounce, bound, rebound; to swing (intr.), sway, dandle, wave
tantara
adjective. bouncing, resilient
atatya
double
atatya vb? adj.? "double" (VT42:26)
atatya
adjective. double
The Quenya word for “double” in notes from the late 1960s derived from primitive ✶atatya, an adjective form of the root √ATATA (VT42/26-27).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. tanta “double” under the root ᴹ√TATA “two” (Ety/TATA) and ᴹQ. atwa “double” under the root ᴹ√AT(AT) “again, back” (Ety/AT(AT)). The latter was glossed “either ... or” in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/107); see the entry for ᴹQ. atwa for further discussion.
atwa
double
atwa adj. "double" (AT(AT) )
lilta-
verb. to dance
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dance” derived from the root ᴹ√LILT of the same meaning (Ety/LILT). The verb reappeared as an active participle liltalyar “dancing” in notes from the late 1960s (PE23/134).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lilt- “to dance” under the early root ᴱ√LḶTḶ (QL/55), where [[eq|short syllabic [ḷ] became [il]]] (PE12/11). It reappeared in the Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, where its past forms lalsie or †laltye indicate the development of [[eq|long syllabic [ḹ] to [al]]] (PE14/58; PE15/71). After Tolkien decided that syllabic ḷ, ṇ, ṛ were not vowels in Primitive Elvish, he revised the root to ᴹ√LILT as noted above, so that the verb would probably have a more regular past like ✱liltane.
nanda-
verb. to harp
nanda- ("ñ")vb. "to harp" (ÑGAN/ÑGÁNAD)
nandë
harp
nandë (2) ("ñ")noun "harp" (ÑGAN/ÑGÁNAD; according to VT46:3, Tolkien changed the final vowel from -a to -ë)
nótë
number
nótë noun "number" (NOT)
tant(il)a
noun. harp
tanta (2) (prob. adj.) "double" (TATA)