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'''''-ndil, -nil, -dil''''' is a [[Quenya]] suffix added to names to indicate friendship, love, or devotion to an object, idea, grouping, course, occupation or spirit ([[Ainur]]) to which one is devoted for its own sake<ref>{{HM|L}}, [[Letter 386]]</ref>
'''''-ndil, -nil, -dil''''' is a [[Quenya]] suffix added to names to indicate friendship, love, or devotion to an object, idea, grouping, course, occupation or spirit ([[Ainur]]) to which one is devoted for its own sake<ref>{{L|296}}</ref>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
From the longer form -(n)dildo<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 46]] p.4</ref>, from [[root]] [[NIL]]/[[NDIL]].
From the longer form -(n)dildo<ref>{{VT|46}}, p.4</ref>, from [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[NIL]]/[[NDIL]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, '''NIL/NDIL'''</ref>


''[[nildo]]'' means "friend".
''[[nildo]]'' means "friend".
==Examples==
==Examples==
* [[Eärendil]]/[[Earnil]] = "Devoted to the [[Belegaer|Sea]]"
* [[Eärendil]]/[[Eärnil]] = "Devoted to the [[Belegaer|Sea]]"
*[[Amandil]] = "Friend of [[Aman]]"
*[[Tar-Amandil|Amandil]] = "Friend of [[Aman]]"
* [[Ornendil]] = "Friend of the [[Trees]]"
* [[Ornendil]] = "Friend of the [[Trees]]"
* [[Valandil of Númenor|Valandil]] = "Devoted to the [[Valar]]"
* [[Valandil]] = "Devoted to the [[Valar]]"
* [[Elendil]] = "Friend of the stars", also understood as "[[Elf-friend]]"
* [[Elendil]] = "Friend of the stars", also understood as "[[Elf-friend]]"
* *[[Vardilme]] = Possibly female form meaning "Friend of [[Varda]]"
* *[[Vardilme]] = Possibly female form meaning "Friend of [[Varda]]"
* It also appears in [[Sindarin]] ''[[Edennil]]''
* It also appears in [[Sindarin]] ''[[Edennil]]'' (adan) and ''[[Enerdhil]]'' (anar)


==See also==
==See also==
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*''[[-ndur]]''
*''[[-ndur]]''
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Revision as of 18:21, 21 October 2012

-ndil, -nil, -dil is a Quenya suffix added to names to indicate friendship, love, or devotion to an object, idea, grouping, course, occupation or spirit (Ainur) to which one is devoted for its own sake[1]

Etymology

From the longer form -(n)dildo[2], from Root NIL/NDIL.[3]

nildo means "friend".

Examples

See also

References