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'''''-dur''''' or '''''-ndur''''' is a [[Quenya]] suffix added to names to indicate faithful service or servitude.
'''''-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]]"


Examples:
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* [[Eärendur]] = "Servant of the [[Belegaer|Sea]]"
* [[Valandur]] = "Servent of the [[Valar]]"
 
== References ==
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* [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

References