Quenya 

undu

down, under, beneath

undu adv. (and prep.?) "down, under, beneath" (UNU, VT46:20); prefixundu- "down", in undulávë "down-licked" = covered. (Nam)

undu

down

Quenya [PE 22:163] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Sindarin 

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;

Primitive elvish

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”
    • Q. núta- “to lower, to lower; [ᴹQ.] to set, sink (of Sun or Moon); [ᴱQ.] to stoop”
    • ᴺS. dúda- “to lower [something]”
  • ndūya- “to descend” ✧ PE22/163
    • Q. núya- “to descend” ✧ PE22/163
    • ᴺS. duia- “to descend, sink, set [of sun]”
  • 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

WordGloss
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
Primitive elvish [Let/303; Let/361; PE17/064; PE17/152; PE17/167; PE17/169; PE17/188; PE22/129; PE22/163; SA/andúnë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

dad

adverb. down, downwards

Noldorin [Ety/354] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dad

adverb. down

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DAT “fall down” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT

Element in

  • N. dadben “downhill, inclined, prone, downhill, inclined, prone; [ᴱN.] (figuratively) easy-going, easy, not arduous” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT
  • N. Rhimdad “Rushdown”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DAT > dad[data] > [dat] > [dad]✧ Ety/DAT

Variations

  • dad- ✧ EtyAC/DAT
Noldorin [Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Middle Primitive Elvish

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. andúne “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
    • N. annûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • ᴹQ. “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

  • ᴹQ. Nuaran “*West-king”
  • ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DOƷ; Ety/NDEW; Ety/NDŪ; Ety/NU; Ety/RŌ; Ety/UNU; PE22/127] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

dad

adverb. down

Element in

  • En. dadvenn “downhill; (figuratively) easy-going, easy, not arduous” ✧ PE13/139
  • En. dadnuin “sinking (down)” ✧ PE13/161
  • En. dadnuv- “*to sink, go down”
Early Noldorin [PE13/139; PE13/161] Group: Eldamo. Published by