nanwen-
return
entulessë
return
entulessë noun "return" (UT:171)
entulessë
proper name. Return
The name of the Númerórean ship that was the first to return to Middle-earth, six centuries after Númenor was settled (UT/171). It is the noun entulessë “return” used as a name.
Elements
Word Gloss entulessë “return”
entulessë
noun. return
Element in
- Q. Entulessë “Return” ✧ UT/171
Elements
Word Gloss entul- “to come again, *return” -ssë “abstract noun” Variations
- Entulessë ✧ UT/171
damen
verb. return
_ v. _return. Q. nanwen-. >> dan-
damen-
verb. to return
dadwen
verb. return
_v. _return, going/coming back. Q. nanwen-. >> damen
dadwen-
verb. to return, go back
Changes
- namen → damen ✧ PE17/166
Cognates
- Q. nanwen- “to return, go/come back” ✧ PE17/166; PE17/166
Derivations
- ✶nanmen- “return” ✧ PE17/166
Elements
Word Gloss dan “back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again” men- “to go” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶nan-men > damen [ndanmen-] > [danmen-] > [dammen-] > [damen-] ✧ PE17/166 Variations
- damen ✧ PE17/166
- namen ✧ PE17/166 (namen)
- dadwen ✧ PE17/166
dammen-
verb. to return, go back
nanmen-
verb. return
Derivatives
Variations
- nan-men ✧ PE17/166
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
raina-
verb. to return
Derivations
- ᴱ√RINI “*circle”
antulu-
verb. to return
Element in
- Eq. i·kal’antúlien “Light hath returned” ✧ LT1/184
Elements
Word Gloss an- “re-” tulu- “to bring, carry, fetch; to move (intr.), come; to produce, bear fruit”
nanwen- vb. "return" (go/come back) (PE17:166). The etymological form nan-men- indicates that the second element is #men- "go", changed to -wen- following nan- "back"; hence the perfect should perhaps be *naneménië.