-ndor, final element in compounds: "land" (Letters:308, UT:253)
Quenya
indor
master (of house), lord
indo
noun. (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve, (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve; [ᴹQ.] heart
Changes
inno→ indo “mind” ✧ MR/216īn/indo→ inno “mind” ✧ MR/230inno→ indo “mind” ✧ MR/230Cognates
- S. ind “some particular purpose or intention of an individual; heart, some particular purpose or intention of an individual; heart [metaphorical], [N.] inner thought, meaning”
Derivations
Derivatives
- Q. indu- “to will, do on purpose” ✧ PE22/165
Element in
- Q. ar súlë Manwëo etsurinyë ar Eldaron indor turyaner “*and the spirit of Manwe went out and the hearts of the Eldar were comforted / or obeyed” ✧ NM/239
- ᴺQ. attindo “doubt, (lit.) two mind”
- Q. Eru-indonen “by the will of God” ✧ PE22/165
- Q. indemma “mind-picture (of apparition in dream)” ✧ PE17/179
- Q. indómë “settled character; will of Eru”
- ᴺQ. indosatië “resolution”
- Q. inwalmë “mood of mind”
- Q. inwis “change of mind/mood” ✧ MR/216
- Q. sustanë Manwëo súlë ten i indo Sindicollo ar he lastanë ar carnes “*the spirit of Manwe blew unto the heart of Thingol and he listened and did it” ✧ NM/239
- Q. Tarindor “*High minded one”
- Q. turindo “purposeful mind, strong will” ✧ PE22/165
- Q. insangarë “*temptation”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √INID > indo [indo] ✧ PE17/155 ✶inidō/in’dō > indo [inidō] > [indō] > [indo] ✧ PE22/165 Variations
- inno ✧ MR/216 (
inno); MR/230 (inno)- īn/indo ✧ MR/230 (
īn/indo)- in/inno ✧ MR/471 (
in/inno)
-ndor
land
-ndor
suffix. land, country
Cognates
- S. dôr “land, land, [N.] region where certain people live, [ᴱN.] country; [G.] people of the land” ✧ SA/dôr
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Andor “Land of Gift”
- Q. Endórë “Middle-earth, (lit.) Middle Land” ✧ SA/dôr
- Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/308; NM/351; UT/253
- Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
- Q. Lómëanor “Gloomyland” ✧ Let/308; LotR/1131; PE17/081
- Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ SA/dôr
- Q. Valandor “Land of the Valar” ✧ SA/dôr
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndor > ndor [-ndor] ✧ SA/dôr Variations
- ndor ✧ Let/308; SA/dôr; UT/253
- nor ✧ Let/308
- (n)dor ✧ Let/383
- -nor ✧ LotR/1131; PE17/081
-nor
suffix. land, country
nór
land
nór noun "land" (stem nor-, PE17:106) this is land as opposed to water and sea (nor in Letters:308). Cf. nórë.
nór
noun. land
A term for “land” as in “(dry) land as opposed to the sea”, mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/413) and again in notes from around 1968 (PE17/106-107).
Possible Etymology: In the Quendi and Eldar essay this term was derived from primitive ✶ndōro, but in the aforementioned 1968 notes Tolkien clarified that its stem form was nŏr-. This means it was probably derived from ancient ✱ndŏr-, where the long vowel in the uninflected form was inherited from the Common Eldarin subjective form ✱ndōr, a phenomenon also seen in words like nér (ner-) “man”. I prefer this second derivation, as it makes the independent word more distinct from the suffixal form -ndor or -nóre used in the names of countries.
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndōr > nōr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/106 ✶NDŌR/NDŎR- > nôr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/107 ✶ndōro > nór [ndōro] > [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- nōr ✧ PE17/106
- nôr ✧ PE17/107
nóre
noun. land
nórë
land
nórë noun "land" (associated with a particular people) (WJ:413), "country, land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live, race, clan" (NŌ, NDOR, BAL), also used = "race, tribe, people" (SA:dôr, PE17:169; however, the normal word for "people" is lië). Early "Qenya" hasnórë "native land, nation, family, country" (in compounds -nor) (LT1:272)
indor noun "master (of house), lord" (LT2:343; probably obsoleted together with indo "house", q.v.)