-ndur

-ndur, -ndur, -nur is a Quenya suffix added to names to indicate faithful service or servitude.

Etymology

From -n(d)úro "servant", root NDŪ.

Examples

• Arandur = "Steward"
• Cemendur = *"Earth-servant" (i.e. farmer?)
• Meneldur = "Servant of Heaven, astronomer"
• Eärendur/Earnur = "Servant of the Sea, mariner"
• Valandur = "Servant of the Valar"

See also

• -ndil
• núro

References

• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Kåre Fauskanger