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'''''- | '''''-ndur, -ndur, -nur''''' is a [[Quenya]] suffix added to names to indicate faithful service or servitude. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
From ''[[núro|-n(d)úro]]'' "servant", [[root]] [[NDŪ]].<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 45]] p.38</ref> | |||
==Examples== | |||
*[[Arandur]] = "[[Steward]]"<ref>{{HM|UT}}, [[Cirion and Eorl]]</ref> | |||
*[[Cemendur]] = *"Earth-servant" (i.e. farmer?) | |||
*[[Meneldur]] = "Servant of Heaven, astronomer" | |||
* [[Eärendur]]/[[Earnur]] = "Servant of the [[Belegaer|Sea]]" | |||
* [[Valandur]] = "Servant of the [[Valar]]" | |||
{{references}} | |||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]] | * [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]] | ||
[[Category:Quenya affixes]] | [[Category:Quenya affixes]] |
Revision as of 10:04, 28 February 2010
-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]
- Cemendur = *"Earth-servant" (i.e. farmer?)
- Meneldur = "Servant of Heaven, astronomer"
- Eärendur/Earnur = "Servant of the Sea"
- Valandur = "Servant of the Valar"
References
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Kåre Fauskanger