númen

noun. west

Changes

• nū-men → núme-/nú-men ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ

Cognates

• Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ SD/240
• N. dûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
• N. annûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
• N. dúven “*sunken, western” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Element in

• ᴹQ. númessier “and he gave it into the hands of the Lords: they are in the West” ✧ LR/072
• ᴹQ. Númenos
• ᴹQ. Herunúmen “Lord-of-West”
• ᴹQ. Lie-númen “Númenoreans”
• ᴹQ. malle téna lende númenna “a road [once] went straight westward” ✧ LR/047; LR/056; SD/310
• ᴹQ. Nuaran Númenen “Lord of the West”
• ᴹQ. Númeheru “Lords-of-West, Powers of the West”
• ᴹQ. Númekundo “*West Prince”
• ᴹQ. númen Endorello isse sí Vaia síra “westward of Middle-earth where now Ocean flows” ✧ PE22/126
• ᴹQ. Númenóre “Westernesse” ✧ Ety/NDŪ; SD/240; SD/303; SD/305
• ᴹQ. númenya “western” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Variations

• Númen ✧ Ety/MEN; SMI/Númen
• núme- ✧ Ety/NDŪ
• nú-men ✧ Ety/NDŪ
• nū-men ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ (nū-men)
• nūmen ✧ PE22/050
• nūme ✧ SD/240; SD/305
• nūmē ✧ SD/303

núme

noun. west

númenya

adjective. western

Elements

Word	Gloss
númen	“west”
-ya	“adjective suffix”

Variations

• Númenya ✧ PE18/028

andúne

noun. sunset

Derivations

• ᴹ✶ṇdūnē “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Element in

• ᴹQ. Andúnie “Sunset(land)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ṇdūnē > andūne	[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne]	✧ Ety/NDŪ

Variations

• andūne ✧ Ety/NDŪ