S. nu prep. “under” (Category: Down, Below, Beneath)
The Sindarin word for “under”, appearing as an element in names like Dor-nu-Fauglith “Land under Choking Ash” (WJ/239) and Taur-nu-Fuin “Forest under Nightshade” (S/155), clearly based on the root √N(D)Ū “sink, go down” (17/64).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. no “under” derived from the root ᴹ√NŪ̆ (Ety/NU), with either short u becoming o, or unstressed au becoming o, the latter being indicated by a parentical nau [perhaps the primitive form?] appearing after its Quenya equivalent ᴹQ. no “under” (EtyAC/NU). As noted above, in Tolkien’s later writings the form was nu, probably derived from *nū with the vowel shortening when unstressed.
References ✧ S/106; UTI/Emyn-nu-Fuin
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N. no prep. “under” (Category: Down, Below, Beneath)
References ✧ Ety/NU
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| nui | definite | ✧ Ety/NU |
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| ᴹ√NŪ̆ > no | [nu] > [no] | ✧ Ety/NU |