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

• Anadûn → Anadûnê ✧ SDI2/Anadûnê
• Anadûni → Anadûnê ✧ SDI2/Anadûnê

Cognates

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

Element in

• Ad. Anadûnê zîrân hikalba “Númenor the beloved she fell (down)” ✧ SD/247; VT24/12
• Ad. anadūni akallabi “Westernesse fell in ruin” ✧ SD/311
• Ad. Ar-Pharazônun Bâr ’nAnadûnê “King Pharazon is Lord of Anadune” ✧ SD/428

Elements

Word	Gloss
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)