númen

west, the way of the sunset

númen noun "west, the way of the sunset" (SA:andúnë, cf. NDŪ, MEN; capitalized Númen under SA:men and in CO), "going down, occudent" (Letters:361), also name of tengwa #17 _(Appendix E). _According to VT45:38, the word is actually cited as "nú-men" in Tolkien's Etymologies manuscript. Allative númenna "Westward" (LR:47, SD:310, VT49:20, capitalized Númenna, VT49:22; numenna with a short u, VT49:23); adj. númenquerna "turned westward" (VT49:18, 20). See also númenyaron, númessier. - In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, "nú-men" was intended as the name of tengwa #21, to which letter Tolkien at this stage assigned the value n (VT45:38). However, this tengwa was later given the Quenya value r instead and was renamed órë.

númë

noun. west

dûn

noun. west

dûn

noun. west

_n. _west. Q. nū-. >> annûn

dûn

noun. west

Cognates

• Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/018; SA/andúnë

Derivations

• √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)” ✧ SA/andúnë

Derivatives

• Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ PE17/018

Element in

• S. Dúnadan “Man of the West” ✧ PE17/018; SA/andúnë
• S. Dúnedhel “West-Elf” ✧ WJ/378
• S. Dúnedel
• S. Dúneglon

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ndu > dûn	[ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn]	✧ SA/andúnë

Variations

• Dûn ✧ LotR/1130
• Dún ✧ WJ/378

annûn

noun. west, sunset

adûn

adûn

Derived from Sindarin dûn and annûn

annûn

west

1) annûn; 2) Dúven (na Núven, o Ndúven). Christopher Tolkien tentatively read the illegible gloss as ”southern” (LR:376 s.v. NDŪ), but the etymology seems to demand the meaning ”west”: dú-ven with the same ending as in Forven ”North” and Harven ”South”. The ending means ”way”, so Dúven may be ”west” considered as a direction. WEST-ELF (Elf of Beleriand, including Noldor and Sindar) Dúnedhel (i Núnedhel), pl. Dúnedhil (i Ndúnedhil). (WJ:378, 386)

annûn

west

dúven

west

(na Núven, o Ndúven). Christopher Tolkien tentatively read the illegible gloss as ”southern” (LR:376 s.v. NDŪ), but the etymology seems to demand the meaning ”west”: dú-ven with the same ending as in Forven ”North” and Harven ”South”. The ending means ”way”, so Dúven may be ”west” considered as a direction.

dúnedhel

west-elf

(i Núnedhel), pl. *Dúnedhil*** (i Ndúnedhil*). (WJ:378, 386)*

adûn

noun. west, westward

A noun meaning “west(ward)” (SD/435, PE17/18). Tolkien stated that was “a loan word from Eldarin speech in the language of the Folk of Hador, from which Númenórean was later derived” (PE17/18). Probably it is derived from S. dûn “west”, as suggested by several authors (AAD/9, EotAL/NDU). Tolkien stated that it was an adjective and its proper noun form was adûni (SD/435), but adûn was used as a noun in phrases such as Bârîm an-adûn “Lords of the West” (SD/247).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ SD/240
• Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ PE17/018; SA/andúnë

Derivations

• S. dûn “west” ✧ PE17/018
  • √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)” ✧ SA/andúnë

Element in

• Ad. Adûnâ “Númenórean, (lit.) Westerner” ✧ PE17/018; SD/240
• Ad. Adûnakhôr “Lord of the West” ✧ SA/andúnë
• Ad. adûni “the West” ✧ SD/435
• Ad. adûn izindi batân tâidô ayadda “[the] road west once went straight, (lit.) west straight road once went” ✧ SD/247
• Ad. adūn batān akhaini ezendi “West road lay straight” ✧ SD/312
• Ad. Anadûnê “Westernesse” ✧ SD/240
• Ad. Bârim an-Adûn yurahtam dâira sâibêth-mâ Êruvô “Lords of [the] West, they rent [the] Earth with assent from Eru” ✧ SD/247
• Ad. bārun an-adūn {urahhata >>} urahta dāira sāibēth-mā ēruvō ✧ SD/247
• Ad. bārun-adūnō rakkhatū kamāt sōbēthumā eruvō “the Lord of West broke asunder earth assent-with of God” ✧ SD/311
• Ad. Inziladûn “Flower of the West”
• Ad. narîka ’nBâri ’nAdûn yanâkhim “The Eagles of the Lords of the West are at hand” ✧ SD/251

Variations

• adūn ✧ SD/240; SD/247; SD/247; SD/312; SD/435
• Adūn ✧ SD/251

dûn

noun. west

dûn

noun. west

Cognates

• ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Derivations

• ᴹ✶ndūne “west” ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
  • ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Element in

• N. Dunhirion “?West Lord Land”
• N. Eldûn “*West-star”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ndūne > dûn	[ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn]	✧ EtyAC/NDŪ

annûn

noun. west, sunset

annûn

noun. west

Cognates

• ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Derivations

• ᴹ✶ṇdūnē “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ṇdūnē > annûn	[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn]	✧ Ety/NDŪ