Adûnaic
-nud Reconstructed
preposition. on
Cognates
- Q. nu “under, beneath”
Derivations
- √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)”
Element in
- Ad. agannâlô burôda nênud “[the] death-shadow [is] heavy on us” ✧ SD/247; SD/312
- Ad. agannūlo burudan nēnum “death-shade heavy-is on-us” ✧ SD/312
- Ad. zâira nênud “longing (is) on us” ✧ SD/247
Variations
- -num ✧ SD/312
- -nu ✧ SD/312
A preposition attested only in the phrase “on us” in the Lament of Akallabêth, changing through the drafts as nēnum >> nēnu >> nēnud (SD/247, 312). Most authors identify -nud as the prepositional element (AAD/20, LGtAG, NBA/14), perhaps related to Q. nu “under”. If so, it may be a derivative of the Elvish roots √NŪ/UNU “under” or √NDU “down”, with a semantic shift to the meaning “on”.