Adûnaic

anadûni

adjective. western

An adjective translated “western” formed from the noun adûni “the West” which was in turn formed from the adjective adûn “west”; the initial an- was the genitival prefix (SD/435). This adjective anadûni was in turn femininized to produce the place name Anadûnê “Westeresse, Númenor”.

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Variations

  • anadūni ✧ SD/426; SD/435
Adûnaic [SD/426; SD/435] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anadûnê

place name. Westernesse

The Adûnaic name for Númenor (Q. Númenórë), with the same meaning as its Quenya name: “Westernesse” (S/261). In The Silmarillion appendix, Christopher Tolkien stated that is it a loan word from Elvish (SA/andúnë). According to J.R.R. Tolkien’s own writing (SD/426), this is true, albeit not directly. Anadûnê is a feminized form of the adjective anadûni “western, of the west”, which is itself related to S. dûn “west”.

Changes

  • AnadûnAnadûnê ✧ SDI2/Anadûnê
  • AnadûniAnadûnê ✧ SDI2/Anadûnê

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Númenóre “Westernesse” ✧ SD/240; SD/305; SD/361
  • Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ S/261; SI/Westernesse

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Elements

WordGloss
anadûni“western”

Variations

  • Anadūnē ✧ SD/240; SD/426; SD/428
  • anadūnē ✧ SD/247; VT24/12
  • Anadūn ✧ SD/305
  • anadūni ✧ SD/311
  • Anadûn ✧ SDI2/Anadûnê (Anadûn)
  • Anadûni ✧ SDI2/Anadûnê (Anadûni)
Adûnaic [S/261; SA/andúnë; SD/240; SD/247; SD/305; SD/311; SD/361; SD/426; SD/428; SDI2/Anadûnê; SI/Anadûnê; SI/Westernesse; VT24/12] Group: Eldamo. Published by