nu

preposition. under

nurqendi

collective name. Deep-elves

Another name for the Noldor appearing in name lists and The Etymologies from the 1930s (LR/403, Ety/NU). It seems to be a combination of núra “deep” and the plural of Qende “Elf”.

nuaran númenen

proper name. Lord of the West

Hypothetical title for the king of Númenor in Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Lost Road”, a combination of Nuaran with the (ᴹQ) genitive of númen “west” (LR/71). It also appeared with the (ᴹQ) genitive of Númenóre.

nurufantur

masculine name. Lord of Death-cloud

A surname of Mandos as lord of the dead in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/207). In The Etymologies it was given as a compound of nuru “death” and Fantur “Lord of Cloud”, the latter of which also appeared in the surname of his brother, Olofantur (Ety/ÑGUR, SPAN).

Conceptual Development: The first form of this name in the earliest Lost Tales was ᴱQ. Vefántur “Fantur of Death”, where the initial element ᴱQ. Vê was another name of Mandos (LT1/76; QL/37, 100). In early Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s this became ᴹQ. Nefantur (SM/166) and finally Nurufantur (LR/207). This name disappeared from Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, but the term Q. Fëanturi was still used to collectively describe Mandos and Lórien.

nuru

noun. death, death [abstract]

A word for “death” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ÑGUR, where Tolkien said its personification was Mandos (Ety/ÑGUR). Tolkien also use this word as “death” in the phrase ᴹQ. núruhuine méne lumna “death-shadow on-us is-heavy” (LR/47, 56; SD/310).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor to this word is ᴱQ. urdu “death” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ “die” (QL/104), given as a cognate to G. gurthu in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/43). A variant of this form seems to have been briefly restored in Quenya prayers from the 1950s as incomplete urtulm..., probably Q. urtu with a possessive suffix, but this was quickly replaced by Q. fírië “death” (VT43/27, 34).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use the word nuru for death as an abstract force or concept (Death), as opposed to the death of individuals which would be fírie (if natural or peaceful) or [ᴹQ.] qualme (if undesired or painful). This is the way its cognate [N.] guru was used (Ety/WAN).

nú

proper name. Moon

A name for the moon in linguistic notes from 1930s (PE21/38, 41), perhaps a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDŪ “go down”, though this root usually applied to the Sun. Its dual form Nunt referred to both the sun and moon (PE21/38).

nuaran

proper name. *West-king

Part of a hypothetical title for the king of Númenor in Tolkien’s unfinished story “The Lost Road”. It is apparently a combination of the root NDŪ “down” with aran “king” (LR/60, 71).

nukumna

adjective. humbled

nut-

verb. to tie, to tie, *bind

nulla

adjective. dark, dusky, obscure; hidden, secret

numbe

noun. root, foundation

nur-

verb. to grow/be dark

A verb for “grow, be dark” in the Quenya Verbal System for the 1940s from a root ᴹ√NDUR of the same meaning (PE22/103). In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root ᴹ√N(D)UR meant “bow down, serve”, but the sense “grow dark” may be related to ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” (Ety/NDŪ), as with the etymology of later S. dûr “dark” (PE17/152). Alternately, the sense “be dark” may be tied to the later (hypothetical) root ✱√DU that is the possible basis for darkness words like Q. lúmë “darkness” (MC/222) or Q. lúna “dark” (PE17/22).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is the verb ᴱQ. lur-, appearing only in 3rd-sg masculine form lurdon in the phrase ᴱQ. surussin lurdon lausto from one of the early drafts of Oilima Markirya poem written around 1930 (PE16/60). The phrase is untranslated, but Gilson, Welden and Hostetter suggested the verb might mean “to be dark” (of the wind), related to words like ᴱQ. lúre “dark weather”.

nusta-

verb. to smell [something]

nau

preposition. *under

nui

noun. lament

nulda

adjective. secret

nuqerna

adjective. inverted

unutikse

noun. dot or point placed below the line of writing

nóte

noun. number

úmahta(le)

noun. nuisance

avanóte

adjective. without number, numberless

rimba

adjective. frequent, numerous

númeheru

proper name. Lords-of-West, Powers of the West

A term for the Valar as Lords of the West from various stories about Númenor from the 1940s (SD/246, 290, 311). This name is a compound of númen “west” and heru “lord”.

Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. Númekundo was an earlier variant of this name using kundu “prince” instead of heru “lord” (SD/311).

lie-númen

proper name. Númenoreans

A rejected name for the Númeníoreans from the earliest version of the Fall of Númenor from 1930s (LR/12), a compound of lie “people” and númen “west”.

númenos

proper name. Númenos

This name appeared in tales of the Fall of Númenor from the 1930s, first as the name of the island (LR/11) and then as the name of its capital city (LR/14). This name is a compound of númen “west” and osto “city”.

herunúmen arda sakkante lenéme ilúvatáren

the Lord of the West [Manwe] broke the world by leave of Ilúvatar

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nún

adverb. down below, underneath, down below, underneath, [ᴱQ.] beneath

núra

adjective. deep

núte

noun. bond, knot

númekundo

proper name. *West Prince

númen

noun. west

númenóre

place name. Westernesse

númenóre ataltane

Númenor fell down

núre

noun. night

núro

noun. servant

núruhuine méne lumna

death-shadow is heavy on us

turkil

proper name. Great Man, Lordly Man, Númenórean

andúne

noun. sunset

nauko

noun. dwarf

aina

adjective. holy

aman

noun. bond

enar

noun. tomorrow

esse

noun. name

fuine

noun. deep shadow

hui

proper name. Night

A name for (Primordial?) Night appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√PHUY, along with its (archaic?) variant Fui (Ety/PHUY).

Conceptual Development: This name is most likely a remnant of the name ᴱQ. Fui from the earliest Lost Tales, where it was another name for the goddess ᴱQ. Nienna (LT1/66, LT1A/Fui). According to the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons from the 1910s, this earlier version of the name is derived from the root ᴱ√ǶUẎU (GL/36, QL/38).

inka

noun. idea

kato

adverb. afterwards

lin-

prefix. many

linqe

adjective. wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream

lómelinde

noun. nightingale

lóna

adjective. dark

miksa

adjective. wet, wet, *damp

morilinde

noun. nightingale

A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. móre “night” and ᴹQ. linde “song” (Ety/MOR). Q. lómelindë “nightingale” is better attested.

neuro

noun. follower, successor

no

preposition. under

númar

place name. Númar

núme

noun. west

númen endorello isse sí vaia síra

westward of Middle-earth where now Ocean flows

númenya

adjective. western

núta-

verb. to set, sink (of Sun or Moon)

opto

noun. back

pasta

adjective. smooth

saira

adjective. wise

sinta

adjective. short

síre

noun. river

talta

noun. incline

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “an incline” derived from the root ᴹ√TALAT “to slope, lean, tip” (Ety/TALÁT).

tarkil

proper name. High Man

ulmo

masculine name. Ulmo

ulunde

noun. flood

vaiaro

masculine name. Ulmo

Another name for Ulmo appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/WAY), apparently an agental formation combining Vaiya “Ocean” with the agental suffix -ro.

Conceptual Development: Similar names ᴱQ. Vailimo and ᴱQ. Vaimo appeared in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s and the earliest Lost Tales (GL/22, QL/100, LT1A/Vai, LT1/101).