Quenya 

-(n)dur

suffix. servant; to serve

Derivations

  • ✶-ndūr “attend, tend”
    • √(N)DUR “love, feeling of special concern with, care for, or interest in things, to show special interest in things; [ᴹ√] bow down, bend (low), obey, serve; grow/be dark”
  • √(N)DUR “love, feeling of special concern with, care for, or interest in things, to show special interest in things; [ᴹ√] bow down, bend (low), obey, serve; grow/be dark” ✧ PE17/152

Element in

  • Q. arandur “minister, steward, (lit.) king’s servant” ✧ Let/386
  • Q. Aulendur “Servant of Aulë”
  • Q. Cemendur “*Servant of the Earth”
  • ᴺQ. cemendur “farmer”
  • Q. Vëandur
  • Q. Eärendur “Mariner, *(lit.) Servant of the Sea” ✧ PE17/152; SA/(n)dur
  • Q. ëarendur “(professional) mariner, *(lit.) servant of the sea” ✧ Let/386
  • Q. Eärnur “*Servant of the Sea” ✧ PE17/152; SA/(n)dur
  • Q. Elendur “*Star-servant”
  • ᴺQ. Hristondur “Christian, (lit.) Servant of Christ”
  • Q. Isildur “*Servant of the Moon”
  • Q. Meneldur “*Servant of the Heavens”
  • ᴺQ. námondur “court-attendant, (lit.) judge-servants”
  • Q. ornendur “tree-keep, forester, woodsman”
  • Q. Pelendur “?Servant of the Border”
  • ᴺQ. tarwandur “gardener”
  • Q. Valandur “*Servant of the Vala”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√DUR > ndur[-ndur]✧ PE17/152

Variations

  • -nur ✧ PE17/152
  • ndur ✧ PE17/152
  • dur ✧ PE17/152
Quenya [Let/386; PE17/152; SA/(n)dur] Group: Eldamo. Published by

núro

servant

núro noun "servant" (NDŪ; in Etym as published in LR, the gloss is misread as "sunset"; see VT45:38)