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-ndur, -ndur, -nur is a Quenya suffix added to names to indicate faithful service or servitude.
Etymology
From -n(d)úro "servant", Root NDŪ.[1]
Examples
- Arandur = "Steward"[2] (literally "King-servant")
- Eärendur/Earnur = "Servant of the Sea, mariner"[3]
- Elendur = "Servant of the Elves"
- Cemendur = *"Earth-servant" (i.e. farmer?)
- Isildur = "Devoted to the Moon"
- Meneldur = "Servant of Heaven, astronomer"
- Pelendur
- Valandur = "Servant of the Valar"
See also
References
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p.38
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Cirion and Eorl
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter (ed.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 386
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Kåre Fauskanger
