annûn

noun. west, sunset

annûn

going-down

n. going-down, esp. sunset, West. Q. Andúne, andū, Hadorian adûn. >> dûn, Henneth Annûn

annûn

noun. sunset, west; (lit.) going down

Cognates

• Q. andúnë “sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west” ✧ PE17/064; SA/andúnë
• Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/018

Derivations

• √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)” ✧ PE17/064; SA/andúnë

Element in

• S. a Hîr Annûn Gilthoniel “*oh Lady of the West, Star-kindler” ✧ LB/354
• S. Annúminas “Tower of the West” ✧ SA/andúnë
• S. Annúnaid “Westron”
• S. Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn “Frodo and Sam, princes of the west” ✧ Let/448; LotR/0953
• S. Henneth Annûn “Window of the Sunset” ✧ LotR/0674; PE17/064; RC/473; SA/andúnë

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NDŪ > Annûn	[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn]	✧ PE17/064

Variations

• Annûn ✧ LB/354; Let/448; LotR/0674; LotR/0953; LotR/1116; PE17/064; PE17/088; PE17/102; PE17/121
• Annû(n) ✧ RC/473

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

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

annûn

sunset

annûn (west), pl. ennŷn

annûn

sunset

(west), pl. ennŷn

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)*