;
Quenya
undu
down, under, beneath
undu
down
undu
down, under, beneath
undu
down
dad
downward
;
penna
slant down
(i benna, i phennar)
torn
down
(noun) *torn (i dorn, o thorn), pl. tyrn (i thyrn). Only the pl. tyrn is attested, as part of the name Tyrn Gorthad ”Barrow-downs”.
torn
down
(i dorn, o thorn), pl. tyrn (i thyrn). Only the pl. tyrn is attested, as part of the name Tyrn Gorthad ”Barrow-downs”.
dadbenn
downhill, sloping down
(inclined, prone [to do]), lenited dhadbenn, pl. dedbinn;
ndu
root. down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)
Derivatives
- Ad. -nud “on”
- ✶ṇdūnē “sunset”
- Q. andúnë “sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west” ✧ PE19/077
- ✶(n)dūrā ✧ PE17/152
- S. dûr “dark (with evil implications), gloomy, hellish” ✧ PE17/152
- ✶ndūtā- “to cause to sink”
- ✶ndūya- “to descend” ✧ PE22/163
- Q. andú- “going down, setting (of sun), west”
- Q. andúnë “sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west” ✧ PE17/064; SA/andúnë
- Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ Let/361; SA/andúnë
- S. annûn “sunset, west; (lit.) going down” ✧ PE17/064; SA/andúnë
- S. dûn “west” ✧ SA/andúnë
- Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ PE17/018
- S. dúnad “descent”
Elements
Word Gloss NŪ/UNU “down, under; go down, sink” Variations
- ndū ✧ Let/303
- NDŪ ✧ PE17/064; PE17/169
- NDU/NDŪ ✧ PE17/167
- undu/ndu ✧ PE22/163
- ndu ✧ SA/andúnë
dad
adverb. down, downwards
dad
adverb. down
Derivations
- ᴹ√DAT “fall down” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DAT > dad [data] > [dat] > [dad] ✧ Ety/DAT Variations
- dad- ✧ EtyAC/DAT
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ndū
root. go down, sink, set (of Sun)
Derivatives
- ᴹ✶ndūne “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
- N. dûn “west” ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
- ᴹ✶ṇdūnē “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
- ᴹQ. Nú “Moon”
- ᴹQ. núre “night”
- ᴹQ. núta- “to set, sink (of Sun or Moon)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
- ᴹQ. undu “down, under, beneath” ✧ PE22/127
- ᴹQ. undo “down, low down” ✧ PE22/127
- ᴹQ. unta- “to come down, descend” ✧ PE22/127
- N. dúven “*sunken, western” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
Element in
dad
adverb. down
Element in
undu adv. (and prep.?) "down, under, beneath" (UNU, VT46:20); prefixundu- "down", in undulávë "down-licked" = covered. (Nam)