Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : NDŪ

ᴹ√NDŪ root. “go down, sink, set (of Sun)”

See √NŪ/UNU for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/DOƷ, NDEW, NDŪ, NU, RŌ, UNU; PE22/127

Glosses

Variations

NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” is associated in N with DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” is associated in N with NDEW ✧ Ety/NDŪ
NDŪ “down” is the opposite of RŌ “rise” ✧ Ety/RŌ
NDEW “follow, come behind” is in N confused with NDŪ ✧ Ety/NDEW
NDUR “bow down, bend (low), obey, serve” was influenced by NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
N. dû “night-fall, late evening” is associated with NDŪ ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Inflections

NDŪ	strengthened	“go down, sink, set (of Sun)”	✧ Ety/NDŪ
NDŪ	strengthened		✧ Ety/NU; Ety/UNU

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶ndūne “west” ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
- > N. dûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  - ⇒ N. Dunhirion “?West Lord Land”
  - ⇒ N. Eldûn “*West-star”
> ᴹ✶ṇdūnē “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
- > ᴹQ. andúne “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Andúnie “Sunset(land)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
- > N. annûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
> ᴹQ. Nú “Moon”
⇒ ᴹQ. Nuaran “*West-king”
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Nuaran Númenen “Lord of the West” ✧ LR/60
⇒ ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
- ⇒ 12 compounds
> ᴹQ. #núre “night”
> ᴹQ. núta- “to set, sink (of Sun or Moon)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
> ᴹQ. undo “down, low down” ✧ PE22/127
> ᴹQ. undu “down, under, beneath” ✧ PE22/127
- ⇒ ᴹQ. unutikse “dot or point placed below the line of writing” ✧ EtyAC/UNU
> ᴹQ. unta- “to come down, descend” ✧ PE22/127
> N. dúven “*sunken, western” ✧ Ety/NDŪ; EtyAC/NDŪ