Quenya 

andúnë

place name. The West

A name for the Uttermost West as a region, appearing in the Namárië poem (LotR/377). It is simply andúnë “sunset, west” used as a proper name.

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
andúnë“sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west”

Variations

  • Andúne ✧ PE17/064
  • Àndū́ne ✧ RGEO/58
  • Andūne ✧ RGEO/58
Quenya [LotR/0377; MRI/Andúnë; PE17/064; RGEO/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

annúnaid

noun. the "Westron" language (one of the names for Common Speech)

Sindarin [PM/316] OS *andûneitè. Group: SINDICT. Published by

annúnaid

proper name. Westron

The Sindarin name for the “Westron” language (PM/316). Its initial element is clearly annûn “west”, but the meaning of the suffix -aid is unclear. It might be some variation on the gerund-suffix -ed/-ad seen in nouns like genediad “reckoning”, though this suffix usually forms nouns from verbs, not adjectives.

Cognates

  • Wes. Adûni “Westron” ✧ PM/316

Elements

WordGloss
annûn“sunset, west; (lit.) going down”
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Sindarin [PM/316; PMI/Annúnaid] Group: Eldamo. Published by

annúnaid

westron

(a language) Annúnaid

annúnaid

westron

Adûnaic

adûni

noun. the West

According to Tolkien, this is the proper noun form of the adjective adûn “west” (SD/435), though adûn is used as a noun in some examples as well.

Element in

Variations

  • adūni ✧ SD/435

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Westron

adûni

proper name. Westron

Changes

  • YandúnëAndūnar “Westron” ✧ PM/032
  • AndūnarAdúnar “Westron” ✧ PM/032

Cognates

Derivations

Variations

  • Yandúnë ✧ PM/032 (Yandúnë); PMI/Yandúnë (Yandúnë)
  • Andūnar ✧ PM/032 (Andūnar)
  • Adúnar ✧ PM/032; PMI/Adûni
  • Undūna ✧ PM/055
  • Andúnar ✧ PMI/Adûni (Andúnar)
  • Undúna ✧ PMI/Undúna
Westron [PM/032; PM/055; PM/316; PMI/Adûni; PMI/Undúna; PMI/Yandúnë] Group: Eldamo. Published by