-duinë

-duinë

-duinë, see nuinë, Nunduinë

-duinë

suffix. (large) river

-(n)duinë

suffix. (large) river

An element in several river names such as Q. Anduinë and Q. Nunduinë, the equivalent of S. duin. It did not survive as an independent word in Quenya:

> Common Eldarin bases DUY and LUY, for instance, were distinct. DUY meant “to flood, drench, inundate”, but LUY was the base of words for “blue”. Both would become LUY in Quenya. Which probably accounts for the disappearance from Quenya of C.E. ✱duinē “large river (liable to flood surrounding land)” seen in [S.] Anduin “long river” and Baranduin “brown river”: it became identical with [Q.] luine adj. “blue” (VT48/23).

In fact, its use in Quenya river names may have been a later loan from Sindarin.

Conceptual Development: In one place Tolkien did consider the suffix’s survival as an archaic independent Quenya noun †nuine, but Tolkien rejected the note where it appeared, replacing it with the above (VT48/30 note #2).

Cognates

• S. duin “(large) river, (large) river; [N.] water” ✧ RC/765; VT48/30
• T. duinë “(large) river” ✧ VT48/30

Derivations

• ✶duinē “(large) river” ✧ RC/766
  • √DUY “flow (strongly), flood, drench, inundate, pour” ✧ RC/766; VT48/23; VT48/24

Element in

• Q. Anduinë “Long River”
• Q. Nunduinë “*West River”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶duinē > luine	[duinē] > [luinē] > [luine]	✧ RC/766

Variations

• luine ✧ RC/766 (luine)
• nuine ✧ VT48/30 (nuine)

duin

noun. (large) river, (large) river; [N.] water

A Sindarin word for river, more specifically a large one (LotR/1138; PM/54; RC/765; VT48/24), derived from primitive ✶duinē and the root √DUY “flow (strongly), flood, inundate” (RC/766; VT48/23-24).

Conceptual Development: The first precursor to this word seems to be G. duif “stream” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶duiwe and related to G. duil “flight” (GL/31). The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. duin under the root ᴹ√DUI̯, but there it was a loan word from Ilk. duin “water, river”. After Tolkien abandoned Ilkorin, it became a native Sindarin word.

Cognates

• Q. -(n)duinë “(large) river” ✧ RC/765; VT48/30
• T. duinë “(large) river” ✧ VT48/24

Derivations

• ✶duinē “(large) river” ✧ RC/766; VT48/24
  • √DUY “flow (strongly), flood, drench, inundate, pour” ✧ RC/766; VT48/23; VT48/24

Element in

• S. Anduin “Great River, (lit.) Long River” ✧ RC/765; SA/duin
• S. Baranduin “Brandywine, (lit.) Brown River” ✧ LotR/1138; PM/054; RC/765; SA/duin
• S. Celduin “River Running”
• ᴺS. duidhrad “canal”
• S. Duin Dhaer ✧ WJ/191
• S. Duinhir “*River Lord”
• ᴺS. duiniant “aqueduct”
• S. Esgalduin “River under Veil, River under Shade” ✧ SA/duin
• S. Glanduin “Border-river”
• S. Malduin “Yellow River” ✧ SA/duin
• S. Morgulduin
• S. Taur-im-Duinath “Forest between the Rivers” ✧ S/123; SA/duin

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶duinē > duin	[duinē] > [duine] > [duin]	✧ RC/766
✶duini > duin	[duini] > [duine] > [duin]	✧ VT48/24

Variations

• Duin ✧ WJ/191

duinë

noun. (large) river

Cognates

• S. duin “(large) river, (large) river; [N.] water” ✧ VT48/24
• Q. -(n)duinë “(large) river” ✧ VT48/30

Derivations

• ✶duinē “(large) river” ✧ VT48/24
  • √DUY “flow (strongly), flood, drench, inundate, pour” ✧ RC/766; VT48/23; VT48/24

Variations

• duine ✧ VT48/24; VT48/30 (duine)

duinē

noun. (large) river

Derivations

• √DUY “flow (strongly), flood, drench, inundate, pour” ✧ RC/766; VT48/23; VT48/24

Derivatives

• Q. -(n)duinë “(large) river” ✧ RC/766
• S. duin “(large) river, (large) river; [N.] water” ✧ RC/766; VT48/24
• T. duinë “(large) river” ✧ VT48/24

Element in

• S. Anduin “Great River, (lit.) Long River” ✧ VT48/23
• S. Baranduin “Brandywine, (lit.) Brown River” ✧ VT48/23

Variations

• duini ✧ VT48/24