my name

[andustar]

just out of curiosity, how many of you know what my name means? (yes it is tolkein, no it is not well known at all)
and how many - probably all - of you had to check the indexes of books to find out?
i know i only found it by doing that... so thats why it starts with an 'a'. i got to it quick. to be honest id never really noticed it till i chose it for my nick

[Eruve]

I know what it means. I thought I knew, but I looked it up to be sure. I was right... Hint: The second syllable is what gave it away for me. I don't think that particular syllable occurs anywhere else but in your name and 4 other related ones.

[IronParrot]

Four others? Anduin, Anduril, et al. you mean?

[Darth Tater]

Whice of course suggests a river. I'm not gonna cheet though.

[Eruve]

No, no, no, not the FIRST syllable, the SECOND. Silly parrot (Trix are for kids--sorry I've been wanting to say that!)

Edited to add: Silly me, too! I mean the LAST syllable, not the second. The "star" part... Where does that come from?

[The One Ring]

Well, according to my helpful guide to Quenya at the back of my Sil, it says that "an(d)" is "long" and "du" is "night or dimness", so I guess it would be "long night star", though where it comes from I have no idea.

[IronParrot]

Oops, he says.

[andustar]

hahahaha this is sooo funny!
not that i'm a one to speak as i didn't know about it before it became my nick... but its so funny to hear you all... i never said NOT to look at your books, i only wanted to know if you had to to find out.
yes it it related to four other things
not rivers
and you need to have read ut
oops gtg

[anduin]

The only thing I have come across is "astar", which is "months". So "long dim month"? Sounds Chinese. :p

[Eruve]

I hadn't seen the months thing; that's not what I was thinking of. If you haven't read UT, I don't think you can find it elsewhere.

HINT: the first element is not "an" (long) but "andu", from "adune" (west).

[IronParrot]

So "star" is the second element...

Evenstar?

[Eruve]

Not star in English... and think second age...

[andustar]

this is soooo funny i'm loving every moment.
i'll leave eruve to give you the hints - if i did it myself i would just give you the answer :)

[andustar]

there, see, i knew i would eventually. actually my name is....<drumroll> a place..... in.... numenor! hah! from which you can see the lonely Isle on a good day, and where the elves land on to visit. there. the related ones are Forostar, Hyarrostar, Hyarnustar and Orrostar which are other areas.
there, how many of you were close to getting that?

[anduin]

Not I. :(

Good thread none the less! :)

[andustar]

well, actually i only meant it to go like this- i ask, you look it up and tell me. but turns out you don't like looking things up! :lol:

[anduin]

No, I actually spent a lot of time trying to find the answer, but alas, I don't have UT. :( I did most of my research in The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth. :p

[The One Ring]

I just thumbed through the glossary in the back of my Sil, with a quick look in the LoTR index as well. No UT for me!

[Darth Tater]

Well, this proved to be quite an enjoyable little thread :)

[bmilder]

I knew it all along!! ;)

(Well sort of; Numenor occurred to me but I didn't bother looking it up!)

[strider8]

just out of curiosity, how many of you know what my name means?


Not a clue

[Andúril]

LOL @ five year bump.