-ndo

suffix. masculine agent

Cognates

• S. -on “masculine suffix”

Derivations

• ✶-on(do) “masculine ending”

Element in

• Q. túrindië “*kingdom”
• Q. astarindo “bystander; supporter”
• Q. Caliondo
• Q. ciryando “sailor”
• Q. colindo “bearer”
• ᴺQ. maicarindo “benefactor”
• Q. Pallando
• Q. rocindë “*debtor, one who trespasses”
• Q. lucindo “*debtor, one who trespasses”
• Q. úcarindo “*sinner”

-ndon

similative

-ndon, case-ending for "similative": wilwarindon "like a butterfly" (see wilwarin), laurendon "like gold" _(PE17:58) In the post-LotR period Tolkien decided to abandon this ending, apparently because it was to similar to the agental suffix -ndo (PE17:58)_, and it does not appear in the Plotz decension.

-ndon

suffix. -like, -ily

Variations

• -ndo ✧ PE17/074

-mo

suffix. agental suffix

Element in

• ᴺQ. aimo “saint”
• ᴺQ. airimo “priest”
• ᴺQ. alamo “cultivator, grower”
• ᴺQ. alumo “leather-worker”
• ᴺQ. astamo “member”
• Q. astarmo “bystander; witness”
• Q. ciryamo “mariner”
• ᴺQ. cordamo “cleric”
• Q. Curumo “*Skilled-one”
• Q. enelmo “go-between, intervener, intermediary, mediator”
• ᴺQ. epeharmo “president”
• Q. Estelmo “*Hope-person”
• Q. Herucalmo
• ᴺQ. hyólamo “trumpeter”
• Q. ingolmo “loremaster, wizard, one with very great knowledge, loremaster, wizard, one with very great knowledge, *scientist”
• Q. Írimon
• Q. Irmo “Desirer”
• Q. Isilmo
• ᴺQ. lingwimo “fisherman”
• Q. Maitimo “Well-shaped One”
• Q. námo “person, somebody (unnamed)”
• Q. Nólimon “*Learned One”
• Q. nolmo “wise person”
• ᴺQ. ongwemo “criminal, transgressor”
• Q. onótimo “*reckoner” ✧ MR/049
• Q. ormo “riser”
• ᴺQ. ostomo “citizen”
• ᴺQ. parmo “student, (lit.) learner”
• ᴺQ. nólemo “student”
• ᴺQ. quernamo “proselyte, convert”
• Q. Súlimo “Lord of the Breath of Arda, (lit.) Breather”
• Q. tirmo “watcher”
• ᴺQ. tungwemo “tax-collector”
• Q. Ulmo “Pourer”
• Q. vinimo “baby, little-one”
• Q. vinyamo “youngster”
• ᴺQ. yulmo “drinker”

Elements

Word	Gloss
mo	“one, anyone, someone, somebody”

-r(o)

suffix. agental suffix

Derivations

• ✶-ro “an old agental formation” ✧ WJ/371

Element in

• Q. Haimenar “*Far-farer”
• Q. Avar “Refuser, Elf who did not journey to Aman” ✧ WJ/371
• Q. Calantar “Light-giver”
• ᴺQ. cuitar “alarm, device to waken somebody”
• Q. Envinyatar “Renewer”
• ᴺQ. hatar “thrower (of spears and darts)”
• Q. Istar “Wizard, (lit.) One Who Knows”
• Q. maitar “artist; poet”
• ᴺQ. mancaro “tradesman, trader, merchant”
• Q. nostar “parent, begetter, *ancestor; parent, begetter”
• Q. ohtar “warrior”
• Q. quentaro “speaker, reciter, speaker, reciter; [ᴹQ.] narrator, minstrel” ✧ PE18/100
• Q. sanar “mind, thinker, reflector” ✧ VT41/13
• ᴺQ. tanar “indicator, [linguistics] demonstrative”
• Q. Telcontar “Strider”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶-rŏ > -r	[-ro] > [-r]	✧ WJ/371

Variations

• -ro ✧ PE18/100 (-ro)
• -r ✧ VT41/13 (-r); WJ/371 (-r)

-on

suffix. masculine suffix

A masculine suffix and ending in male names (PE17/43, 141; WJ/400), probably related to the masculine ending or agental suffix ✶-on(do) (NM/353; Ety/KAL). It becomes -or when following an n (PE17/141).

Conceptual Development: N. -on was often use as a male suffix in the Noldorin of the 1930s and 40s. In Gnomish of the 1910s, it seems G. -os was another common male suffix in words such as G. ainos “(male) god” from neuter G. ain “god” (GL/18) and G. hethos “brother” from neuter G. heth “✱sibling” (GL/48-49), though masculine G. -(r)on was still more common in this early period.

Cognates

• Q. -ndo “masculine agent”

Derivations

• ✶-on(do) “masculine ending”

Element in

• S. aphadon “follower”
• S. Astoron
• ᴺS. cirion “sailor, shipman”
• S. Daeron
• S. Ecthelion “?One with Sharp Will”
• S. Erchamion “One-handed”
• S. Firion “(Male) Mortal” ✧ WJ/387
• S. Galadhon
• S. Saelon
• S. tauron “forester”
• S. thalion “strong, dauntless, strong, dauntless; [N.] hero, dauntless man; [ᴱN.] warrior”
• S. Thennor “*Grey-Elf (m.)” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
• S. Yssion “Ossë” ✧ WJ/400

Variations

• -on ✧ PE17/141; WJ/387; WJ/400
• -or ✧ PE17/141

-or

suffix. agental suffix

Element in

• S. magor “swordsman” ✧ LotR/0081

-(r)on

suffix. agental suffix

Element in

• ᴺS. aeron “saint”
• ᴺS. caron “actor, agent, doer, maker”
• ᴺS. eithron “*spearman, [ᴱN.] warrior”
• S. Girithron “December, *Shuddering-one”
• S. Gwaeron “March, *Windy-one”
• S. Lothron “May, *Flower-ness”
• ᴺS. mavron “shepherd, herdsman”
• S. ogron “wicked or evil person” ✧ PE17/170

Variations

• -ron ✧ PE17/170

-û

suffix. masculine suffix

A suffix used to form masculine nouns from common or neuter nouns (SD/435). Another common variant was -ô (SD/438).

Variations

• -ū ✧ SD/435

-ân Reconstructed

suffix. agental suffix

A suffix that is used in some examples for agental-formation: creating nouns from verbs that indicate the agent who performs the verb’s action. The clearest example is sapthân “wise man” derived (after some ancient sound modifications) from saphad- “to understand”. This formation means “✱one who understands”. Less clear examples are ✱magân “wright, ✱builder”, perhaps from a verb ✱mag- “to build”, and kathuphazgân “conquerer”, perhaps a combined of katha “all” and a verb ?phazag- “to take”, meaning “✱one who takes all”.

It is not clear how this suffix related to the similar participle suffix -ân used for form adjectives from verbs. See the entry on participle for further discussion. Andreas Moehn suggested (EotAL/TAN) that -ân as an agental formation may be related to anâ “human being”.

Derivations

• ✶Ad. -ān “agental suffix”

Element in

• Ad. Abrazân “*Steadfast, Faithful”
• Ad. batân “road, path, way”
• Ad. kathuphazgân “conqueror” ✧ SD/429
• Ad. magân “wright, *builder”
• Ad. sapthân “wise man, wizard”

Variations

• -ān ✧ SD/429 (-ān)

-on

suffix. agental suffix

-on

suffix. masculine suffix

Cognates

• ᴹQ. -ndo “*agent (male)”

Derivations

• ᴹ✶-ndō “agental suffix”

Element in

• N. Celion “*Light Elf”
• N. Galadhon
• N. Núron “Ulmo” ✧ Ety/NU
• N. thalion “hero, dauntless man”

Variations

• -on ✧ Ety/NU

-or

suffix. agental suffix

Element in

• N. gollor “magician” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
• N. maethor “warrior” ✧ Ety/MAK

-(r)on

suffix. agental suffix

Derivations

• On. -ndo “*agental suffix”
  • ᴹ✶-ndō “agental suffix”

Element in

• N. badhron “judge” ✧ Ety/BAD
• N. brannon “lord” ✧ Ety/BARÁD
• N. callon “hero”
• N. Durion “Dark-elf”
• N. egledhron “exile”
• N. faron “hunter”
• N. Girithron “December, *Shuddering-one”
• N. Gwaeron “March, *Windy-one”
• N. hadron “thrower (of spears and darts)” ✧ Ety/KHAT
• N. heron “lord, master”
• N. Lothron “May, *Flower-ness”
• N. maethon “sword” ✧ EtyAC/MAK (maethon)
• N. melethron “lover (m.)” ✧ Ety/MEL
• N. mellon “friend” ✧ Ety/MEL
• N. nathron “weaver, webster”
• N. odhron “parent”
• N. pethron “narrator, reciter, minstrel”
• N. thavron “carpenter, wright, builder”

Variations

• -ron ✧ Ety/BAD (-ron); Ety/KHAT (-ron); Ety/MEL (-ron)
• -on ✧ Ety/BARÁD (-on); Ety/MEL (-on); EtyAC/MAK (-on)

-we

suffix. masculine suffix

Derivations

• On. -wega “masculine name” ✧ Ety/WEG
  • ᴹ✶wegō “man; warrior” ✧ Ety/WEG
  • ᴹ√WEG “(manly) vigour” ✧ Ety/ING; Ety/WEG

Element in

• N. Bronwe ✧ Ety/WEG
• N. Elwe “Elwe”
• N. Finwe
• N. Fionwe
• N. Manwe

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. -wega > -we	[-wega] > [-weɣa] > [-weɣ] > [-we]	✧ Ety/WEG