-ndur: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
(→See also: perhaps we need a better disambiguation, though) |
(Added sources and fixed information) |
||
(5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''''' | __NOTOC__ | ||
'''''-ndur, -nur''''' is a [[Quenya]] suffix added to names to indicate faithful service or servitude.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''-(n)dur''</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
From ''[[núro|-n(d)úro]]'' "servant", [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[NDŪ]].<ref>{{VT| | From ''[[núro|-n(d)úro]]'' "servant", [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[NDŪ]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 376, entry "NDŪ-"</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 38</ref> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* [[Arandur]] = "[[Steward]]" | * ''[[Arandur|Ara'''ndur''']]'' = "[[Steward]]" (literally "King-servant") | ||
* [[Eärendur (Lord of Andúnië)| | * ''[[Eärendur (Lord of Andúnië)|Eäre'''ndur''']]/[[Earnur|Ear'''nur''']]'' = "Servant of the [[Belegaer|Sea]], mariner" | ||
* [[Elendur]] = "Servant of the Elves" | * ''[[Elendur (son of Isildur)|Ele'''ndur''']]'' = "Servant of the Elves" | ||
* [[Cemendur (son of Axantur)| | * ''[[Cemendur (son of Axantur)|Ceme'''ndur''']]'' = "Servant of the Earth" (i.e. farmer?) | ||
* [[Isildur]] = "Devoted to the Moon" | * ''[[Isildur|Isil'''dur''']]'' = "Devoted to the [[Moon]]" | ||
* [[Meneldur]] = "Servant of Heaven, astronomer" | * ''[[Meneldur|Mene'''ldur''']]'' = "Servant of [[Heaven]], astronomer" | ||
* [[Pelendur]] | * ''[[Pelendur|Pele'''ndur''']]'' = "Servant of the Border" | ||
* [[Valandur]] = "Servant of the [[Valar]]" | * ''[[Valandur|Vala'''ndur''']]'' = "Servant of the [[Valar]]" | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[-ndil]] | *''[[-ndil]]'' | ||
*''[[núro]] | *''[[núro]]'' | ||
*''[[dûr]]'' | *''[[dûr]]'' | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge | * [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:ndur}} | |||
[[Category:Quenya | [[Category:Quenya suffixes]] |
Latest revision as of 08:44, 4 August 2019
-ndur, -nur is a Quenya suffix added to names to indicate faithful service or servitude.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From -n(d)úro "servant", Root NDŪ.[2][3]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Arandur = "Steward" (literally "King-servant")
- Eärendur/Earnur = "Servant of the Sea, mariner"
- Elendur = "Servant of the Elves"
- Cemendur = "Servant of the Earth" (i.e. farmer?)
- Isildur = "Devoted to the Moon"
- Meneldur = "Servant of Heaven, astronomer"
- Pelendur = "Servant of the Border"
- Valandur = "Servant of the Valar"
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", -(n)dur
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 376, entry "NDŪ-"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 38
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger