-ndur
From Tolkien Gateway
-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, mariner"[3]
- Valandur = "Servant of the Valar"
See also
References
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Kåre Fauskanger