nur-
verb. grow dark, be dark
nur-
verb. to serve
Elements
Word Gloss (N)DUR “love, feeling of special concern with, care for, or interest in things, to show special interest in things; [ᴹ√] bow down, bend (low), obey, serve; grow/be dark”
veuya-
verb. to serve
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. veuyalë “service”
vev-
verb. to serve
Derivations
- ᴹ√BEW “follow, serve”
nuru-
verb. to growl, grumble
Cognates
- Q. nurru- “to murmur, grumble, mumble”
Derivations
- √NUR “*murmur, grumble”
norra-
verb. to growl, grumble
Cognates
- Q. nurru- “to murmur, grumble, mumble”
Derivations
- √NUR “*murmur, grumble”
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nur-
verb. to grow/be dark
Derivations
- ᴹ√N(D)UR “bow down, bend (low), obey, serve; grow/be dark” ✧ PE22/103
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NDUR > nure [ndur-] > [nur-] ✧ PE22/103
búa-
verb. to serve
Cognates
- N. buia- “to serve, hold allegiance to” ✧ Ety/BEW
Derivations
Variations
- būa- ✧ Ety/BEW
nur-
verb. to growl, grumble
Cognates
- Eq. núru- “to growl (of dogs), grumble, carp” ✧ LT1A/Núri
Derivations
- ᴱ√NURU “*growl, grumble” ✧ LT1A/Núri
nur
noun. growl, complaint
Derivations
- ᴱ√NURU “*growl, grumble” ✧ LT1A/Núri; QL/068
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NURU > nur [nurr] > [nur] ✧ QL/068
virti-
verb. to serve
Derivations
- ᴱ√VṚTYṚ “serve” ✧ QL/102
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VṚT͡YṚ > virtir [βṛtʲir] > [vṛtʲir] > [virtʲir] > [virtir] ✧ QL/102 ᴱ√VṚT͡YṚ > vartye [βṝtʲa-] > [vṝtʲa-] > [vartʲa-] ✧ QL/102
A verb for “grow, be dark” in the Quenya Verbal System for the 1940s from a root ᴹ√NDUR of the same meaning (PE22/103). In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root ᴹ√N(D)UR meant “bow down, serve”, but the sense “grow dark” may be related to ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” (Ety/NDŪ), as with the etymology of later S. dûr “dark” (PE17/152). Alternately, the sense “be dark” may be tied to the later (hypothetical) root ✱√DU that is the possible basis for darkness words like Q. lúmë “darkness” (MC/222) or Q. lúna “dark” (PE17/22).
Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is the verb ᴱQ. lur-, appearing only in 3rd-sg masculine form lurdon in the phrase ᴱQ. surussin lurdon lausto from one of the early drafts of Oilima Markirya poem written around 1930 (PE16/60). The phrase is untranslated, but Gilson, Welden and Hostetter suggested the verb might mean “to be dark” (of the wind), related to words like ᴱQ. lúre “dark weather”.