Urundil masc. name, "copper-lover" (PM:365); this may suggest #urun as one word for "copper", unless this is the ending -ndil "friend, lover" suffixed to #uru- as a reduced form of urus, q.v.
Quenya
urus
copper
urus
noun. copper
Cognates
Derivations
- √RUS “brownish red” ✧ VT41/10
Element in
- Q. calarus “polished copper” ✧ VT41/10
- Q. lairus “verdigris” ✧ VT41/10
- ᴺQ. urusta “of copper”
- ᴺQ. urustamitta “copper-piece”
- ᴺQ. urustan “copper-smith”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √(u)rus > urus [urusto] > [urust] > [urus] ✧ VT41/10
Urundil
copper-lover
urundil
masculine name. Copper-lover
An early sobriquet of the father of Nerdanel, more widely known than his given name Sarmo (PM/366). This name is a compound of the root √URUN “copper” and the suffix -(n)dil “-friend, -lover”. In later writings, Tolkien changed his given name from Sarmo to Mahtan, so perhaps this sobriquet no longer applied.
tambë
copper
tambë (2) noun "copper" (LT1:250; this is "Qenya"; see urus for a later word for "copper")
tampë
copper
tampë noun "copper" (LT1:268; in LotR-style Quenya tampë is [also?] the past tense of tap- "stop, block")
tambina
of copper
tambina adj. "of copper" (LT1:250; rather *urustina in later Quenya, see urus, urust-)
urusta
adjective. of copper
Elements
Word Gloss urus “copper”
urus (urust-) noun "copper" (VT41:10)