nu

under

nu prep. "under" _(LR:56, Markirya, Nam, RGEO:66, MC:214; the _Etymologies alone gives no [q.v.] instead). In Mar-nu-Falmar, nuhuinenna, q.v. Prefix nú- in nútil, q.v.

nu

preposition. under, beneath

Cognates

• Ad. -nud “on”

Derivations

• √NŪ/UNU “down, under; go down, sink” ✧ PE17/064

Element in

• Q. Andúnë pella Vardo tellumar nu luini “beyond the West, beneath the blue vaults of Varda” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
• Q. Andúnë pella Vardo nu luini tellumar “West beyond [the borders of] Varda’s under blue domes” ✧ RGEO/58
• Q. Mar-nu-Falmar “Land under the Waves”
• Q. nu fanyarë rúcina “under ruined skies” ✧ MC/222
• ᴺQ. (n)ungwar- “to undermine, weaken, hinder, sabotage, sap, (lit.) to under/down-fret”
• ᴺQ. nupattal “horseshoe”
• Q. nuquerna “reversed, inverted, *(lit.) under-turned” ✧ LotR/1123
• Q. Nur-menel “*Under Heaven”
• ᴺQ. nutanwë “infrastructure”
• Q. nútil “under-point”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NŪ > nu	[nu]	✧ PE17/064

Variations

• nŭ ✧ PE22/168

no

under

no prep. "under" (NŪ; all other sources give nu instead. In early "Qenya", no meant "upon"; MC:214)

ní

beneath, not touching, under

ní (3) prep. "beneath, not touching, under" (PE17:95)

undu

down, under, beneath

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

undu

down

undu

preposition/adverb. down, under, down, under, [ᴹQ.] beneath

Derivations

• √NŪ/UNU “down, under; go down, sink”

Element in

• Q. ar lumbulë undulávë ilyë tier “and (heavy) shadow swallowed (lit. down-licked) all roads” ✧ RGEO/59
• ᴺQ. undalasar “stalactite, (lit.) down-growing stone”
• Q. undulav- “to drown, swallow, submerge, (lit.) lick down” ✧ PE17/072; PE17/072
• Q. untup- “to cover (over or up), (lit.) to cover down” ✧ PE17/073

Variations

• undu- ✧ PE17/072; PE17/072; PE17/073