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'''-nô''' and '''-no''' are masculine endings in [[Primitive Elvish]] which sometimes indicate agentival formations.
'''-nô''' and '''-no''' are masculine endings in [[Primitive Quendian|Primitive Elvish]] which sometimes indicate agentival formations.


Its feminine counterpart was ''[[-nê]]''.
Its feminine counterpart was ''[[-nê]]''.
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==Examples==
==Examples==
*[[adnô]] ([[AD]]) > Q. [[ando]] S. [[annon]] (from *''adnondô'')
*[[adnô]] ([[AD]]) > Q. [[ando]] S. [[annon]] (from *''adnondô'')
*[[bernô ]] ([[BER]]) >  
*[[bernô]] ([[BER]]) >  
*[[besnô ]] ([[BES]]) > Q. [[venno]] S. [[benn]]
*[[besnô]] ([[BES]]) > Q. [[venno]] S. [[benn]]
*tirnô ([[TIR]]) >  
*tirnô ([[TIR]]) >  
*[[khalatirnô]] > Q. [[halatir]] S. [[heledir]]
**[[khalatirnô]] > Q. [[Kingfishers#Names|halatir]] S. [[heledir]]
*[[mbandô]] ([[MBAD]]) > Q. [[mando]] S. [[band]]
*[[mbandô]] ([[MBAD]]) > Q. [[mando]] S. [[band]]
*[[rondô]] ([[ROD]]) > Q. [[rondo]] S. [[rond]]
*[[stabnô]] ([[STAB]]) > Q. [[samno]] S. [[thavon]]
*[[stabnô]] ([[STAB]]) > Q [[samno]] S. [[thavon]]
*[[sjadnô]] ([[SYAD]]) > Q. [[hyando]]
===Hypothetical examples===
The following examples aren't attested in Primitive Elvish but can be seen in the [[Quenya]] derivatives. It's possible that the primitive forms did not contain the ending ''-nô'' but could be rather the result of fortification of final D > ND
*mbudnô ([[MBUD]]) > Q. [[mundo]]
*idnô ([[ID]]) > Q. [[indo]]
*studnô ([[STUD]]) > Q. [[sundo]] S. [[thond]]


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[-rdo]]
*[[-rdo]]
{{references}}
{{references}}
[[category:Primitive Elvish]]
[[Category:Primitive Quendian words]]

Latest revision as of 10:58, 29 December 2011

-nô and -no are masculine endings in Primitive Elvish which sometimes indicate agentival formations.

Its feminine counterpart was -nê.

-nô was usually suffixed to a word root with or without n-infixion, and produce the word. In a few cases, it seems to be suffixed to a verb stem.

The ending was frequently extended with -ondô.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

It is perhaps the masculine version of the adjectival ending -nâ. Definitely it contains the simple masculine ending , -o.

-nô was perhaps related to -rô, another coexisting agentival ending and the two were perhaps sometimes interchangeable, as seen with the alternate forms stabrô/stabnô.

Examples[edit | edit source]

Hypothetical examples[edit | edit source]

The following examples aren't attested in Primitive Elvish but can be seen in the Quenya derivatives. It's possible that the primitive forms did not contain the ending -nô but could be rather the result of fortification of final D > ND

See also[edit | edit source]

Other agentive suffixes are

References