Quettaparma Quenyallo

asto noun "dust" (ÁS-AT). According to VT45:6, asto was the name of tengwa #13 in the pre-classical system presupposed in the Etymologies, but Tolkien would later change the name of this letter to anto (its Quenya value changing from st to nt).

astyë prep. with pron. suffix *”beside you” (informal) (VT49:25); see ara

ata adv. "again", also prefix ata-, at- "back, again, re-; second time, double" (AT(AT), PE17:166, cf. ataquanta-, ataquetië) or “two” (PE17:166), also “ambi-“ as in ataformaitë, q.v.

ataformaitë adj. “ambidextrous” (VT49:9, 10, 42), pl. ataformaiti (VT49:9, 11). Spelling was changed from attaformaitë in one case (VT49:9). Cf. #ataformo.

#ataformo (pl. ataformor is attested), noun “ambidexter”. Spelling changed from attaformor. Cf. adj. ataformaitë (VT49:9, 32)

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atalantë noun "downfall, overthrow, especially as name [Atalantë] of the [downfallen] land of Númenor" (DAT/DANT, TALÁT, Akallabêth, SD:247, 310; also LR:47, VT45:26). Variant atalantië "Downfall", said to be a normal noun-formation in Quenya (Letters:347, footnote). From the common noun atalantë "collapse, downfall" is derived the adj. atalantëa "ruinous, downfallen", pl. atalantië in Markirya (changed to sg. atalantëa – this change does not make immediate sense, since the adjective undoubtedly modifies a plural noun, but Tolkien does not always let adjectives agree in number).