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* [[Eärendil]]/[[Eärnil]] = "Devoted to the [[Belegaer|Sea]]" | * [[Eärendil]]/[[Eärnil (disambiguation)|Eärnil]] = "Devoted to the [[Belegaer|Sea]]" | ||
*[[Tar-Amandil|Amandil]] = "Friend of [[Aman]]" | *[[Tar-Amandil|Amandil]] = "Friend of [[Aman]]" | ||
* [[Ornendil]] = "Friend of the [[Trees]]" | * [[Ornendil]] = "Friend of the [[Trees]]" | ||
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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[1]
Etymology
From the longer form -(n)dildo[2], from Root NIL/NDIL.[3]
nildo means "friend".
Examples
- Eärendil/Eärnil = "Devoted to the Sea"
- Amandil = "Friend of Aman"
- Ornendil = "Friend of the Trees"
- Valandil = "Devoted to the Valar"
- Elendil = "Friend of the stars", also understood as "Elf-friend"
- *Vardilme = Possibly female form meaning "Friend of Varda"
- It also appears in Sindarin Edennil (adan) and Enerdhil (anar)
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 296, (dated 21 July 1967)
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p.4
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", NIL/NDIL
