-(n)dur

suffix. servant; to serve

Derivations

• ✶-ndūr “attend, tend”
  • √(N)DUR “love, feeling of special concern with, care for, or interest in things, to show special interest in things; [ᴹ√] bow down, bend (low), obey, serve; grow/be dark”
• √(N)DUR “love, feeling of special concern with, care for, or interest in things, to show special interest in things; [ᴹ√] bow down, bend (low), obey, serve; grow/be dark” ✧ PE17/152

Element in

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

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√DUR > ndur	[-ndur]	✧ PE17/152

Variations

• -nur ✧ PE17/152
• ndur ✧ PE17/152
• dur ✧ PE17/152

núro

servant

núro noun "servant" (NDŪ; in Etym as published in LR, the gloss is misread as "sunset"; see VT45:38)