User:Sage/PQ/-dô

-dô is one of the (usually agental) suffixes of Primitive Elvish. It is mostly seen with stems ending in N.

The female counterpart is -dê

[edit] Etymology

It contains the male ending -ô. It is perhaps related to the extended ending -ondô (q.v.)

[edit] Derivatives

The Quenya ending -ndo^[1] is possibly a derivative of this ending.

[edit] Examples

• ñgandô (ÑGAN-AD)
• lindô (LIN2) > Q. lindo
• ndandô (NDAN) > Q. Nando S. Dan
• ñgolodô (NGOL) > Q. Noldo S. Golodh
• ulgundô (ÚLUG) > Q. ulundo S. ulunn

[edit] Words that do NOT contain -dô

The following are rather results of fortification of N > ND

• rondô (RONO) > Q. rondo S. rond^[2]
• iondo (YONO) > Q. yondo S. ion

[edit] References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson) p.58
2. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998 p.9