Q. nu prep. “under, beneath” (Category: Down, Below, Beneath)
The usual Quenya word for “under, beneath”, derived from the root √NŪ (LotR/377; MC/222; PE17/64, 66).
Conceptual Development: This word first appeared in drafts of the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930. In the initial drafts, it had the form no (PE16/62, 72, 76), but in the version presented in the “A Secret Vice” essay it was nu “under” (MC/214).
ᴹQ. no “under” was restored in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NŪ̆ (Ety/NU), followed by a parenthetical word nau perhaps indicating its primitive form (EtyAC/NU). However, au > o is pretty implausible as a Quenya phonetic development, and elsewhere Tolkien stuck to nu in his writings from the 1930s forward (LR/56; SD/246).
References ✧ LotR/377, 1123; MC/222; PE17/64, 66; PE22/168; RGEO/58
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| √NŪ > nu | [nu] | ✧ PE17/64 |
ᴹQ. nu prep. “under” (Category: Down, Below, Beneath)
References ✧ Ety/NU; EtyAC/NU; LR/47, 56; SD/246, 310
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| nu- | prefix | “under” | ✧ SD/246 |
| unu- | prefix | “under” | ✧ LR/47; SD/310 |
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| ᴹ√NŪ̆ > no | [nu] ? [no] | ✧ Ety/NU |
ᴱQ. nu prep. “under” (Category: Down, Below, Beneath)
References ✧ MC/214; PE16/62, 72, 76
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