undu

down, under, beneath

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

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

undu

down

#lav-

lick

#lav- (1) vb. "lick", pa.t. #lávë in undulávë, see undu (Nam); 1st person aorist lavin "I lick" in the Etymologies(LAB)

lav-

verb. lick

sulp-

lick

sulp- vb. "lick" (LT1:266; rather lav- in Tolkien's later Quenya)

lav-

verb. to lick

dad

downward

;

dadbenn

downhill, sloping down

(inclined, prone [to do]), lenited dhadbenn, pl. dedbinn;

lav

lick

lav- (i **lâf, i levir**)

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”. 

dad

adverb. down, downwards

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

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√DAT > dad	[data] > [dat] > [dad]	✧ Ety/DAT

Variations

• dad- ✧ EtyAC/DAT

lhaf-

verb. to lick