andú-, nú- "going down, setting (of sun), west" (PE17:18), element underlying words like the following, and also núna (q.v.)
Quenya
nú-
prefix. going down, setting (of sun), west
Derivations
- √NŪ/UNU “down, under; go down, sink”
Element in
- Q. Hyarnustar “Southwestlands” ✧ UT/165
- Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ PE17/018
- Q. núna “western” ✧ PE17/018
Variations
- nū- ✧ PE17/018; PE17/035
- nu- ✧ UT/165
nu
under
andú-
going down, setting (of sun), west
andú-
prefix. going down, setting (of sun), west
Derivations
- √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)”
Element in
Variations
- andū ✧ PE17/018; PE17/035
- Andu- ✧ UT/165
númë
going down, occident
númë noun "going down, occident" (Letters:361), "the West" (PE17:18), núme- "west" (VT45:38, LT1:263), "the West" In númeheruen and numeheruvi, q.v.
no
under
no prep. "under" (NŪ; all other sources give nu instead. In early "Qenya", no meant "upon"; MC:214)
fuine
noun. deep shadow
PQ. deep shadow, night shade
fuinë
deep shadow
fuinë noun "deep shadow" (PHUY; cf. "Qenya" fuin "night" in MC:221). According to VT41:8, fuinë is not a Quenya form at all, but Telerin for Quenya huinë (but unquestionably, fuinë is quoted as a Quenya form in certain earlier sources; cf. also Fuinur below - perhaps we may assume that fuinë was borrowed into Quenya from Telerin and thus came to co-exist with huinë?
huinë
deep shadow
huinë noun "deep shadow" (PHUY), "gloom" (VT41:8), "gloom, darkness" (SA:fuin), also used for "shadow" = Sauron (LR:56). Possessive (adjectival) form huinéva in the name Taurë Huinéva, q.v. In earlier sources, huinë is quoted as a variant of fuinë, but according to VT41:8, huinë is the proper Quenya form and fuinë is Telerin.With prefix nu- "under" and allative ending -nna in nuhuinenna (SD:246); also unuhuinë "under-shadow" (LR:47).
nu prep. "under" _(LR:56, Markirya, Nam, RGEO:66, MC:214; the _Etymologies alone gives no [q.v.] instead). In Mar-nu-Falmar, nuhuinenna, q.v. Prefix nú- in nútil, q.v.