Q. -(n)dur suf. “servant; to serve” (Category: Servant)

Q. -(n)dur, suf. “servant; ⚠️to serve” (Category: Servant)

References ✧ Let/386; PE17/152; SA/(n)dur

Glosses

• “to serve” ✧ Let/386

Variations

• -(n)dur ✧ Let/386; SA/(n)dur
• -nur ✧ PE17/152
• ndur ✧ PE17/152
• dur ✧ PE17/152

Related

• -(n)dur is similar meaning to -(n)dil ✧ SA/(n)dur
• ndil the distinction is not always made (especially by men) with ndur ✧ PE17/152

Element In

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

Derivations

• < √(N)DUR “love, feeling of special concern with, care for, or interest in things” ✧ PE17/152 (DUR)
• < ✶-ndūr “attend, tend”
  • < √(N)DUR “love, feeling of special concern with, care for, or interest in things”

Phonetic Developments

√DUR > ndur

[-ndur]

✧ PE17/152

ᴹQ. -(n)dur suf. “*servant” (Category: Servant)

Reference ✧ Ety/NDŪ ✧ -dûr

Element In

• ᴹQ. Ilmandur
• ᴹQ. Isildur ✧ Ety/NDŪ
• ᴹQ. Valandur “*Servant of the Vala”

Derivations

• < ᴹ√N(D)UR “bow down, bend (low), obey, serve; grow/be dark” ✧ Ety/NDŪ (NDUR)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NDUR > -dûr

[-dur]

✧ Ety/NDŪ