Quenya 

númenórë

place name. Westernesse, (lit.) West-land

The island-continent where the Edain settled after the fall of Beleriand (LotR/1035, S/261), often appearing in its shorter form Númenor. It is generally translated as “Westernesse” (LotR/194, S/261) but more literally means “West-land” (Let/224, RC/778). It is a compound of númen “west” and nórë “land” (Let/361).

Conceptual Development: In the very first draft of the Fall of Númenor, this name was given as ᴹQ. Númar or ᴹQ. Númenos (LR/11), but in the next draft these became the name its capital city, and the name Númenor emerged as the name of the land (LR/14). The full form ᴹQ. Númenóre appeared in The Etymologies, already with the derivation discussed above (Ety/NDŪ). It also appeared in an adjectival form Númenórea in linguistic notes from the 1930s (PE22/19).

Cognates

  • Ad. Anadûnê “Westernesse” ✧ S/261; SI/Westernesse

Elements

WordGloss
númen“west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down”
nórë“land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family”

Variations

  • Númenóre ✧ Let/151; Let/224; PE17/016; PE17/064
  • Númenor ✧ LotR/0194; RC/778
  • Númenor(e) ✧ PE17/015
  • Númen(n)órë ✧ SA/dôr
  • Númendor ✧ SA/dôr (Númendor)
Quenya [Let/151; Let/224; Let/303; Let/361; LotR/0194; LotRI/Númenor; LotRI/Westernesse; MRI/Númenor; PE17/015; PE17/016; PE17/064; PMI/Númenor; RC/778; S/261; SA/dôr; SI/Númenor; SI/Westernesse; UTI/Númenor; WJI/Númenor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Númen(n)órë

people of the west

Númen(n)órë noun "people of the west", confused with Númendor "land of the west" (SA:dôr); hence Númenor as the name of the great isle given to the Edain by the Valar (FS, LR:56); full form Númenórë (LR:47, SD:247, NDŪ); allative númenórenna "to Númenor" (LR:56)

Adûnaic

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

Element in

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

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Qenya 

númenóre

place name. Westernesse

Cognates

  • Ad. Anadûnê “Westernesse” ✧ SD/240; SD/305; SD/361

Element in

Variations

  • Númenor ✧ LR/014; LR/025; LR/072; LRI/Númenor; RS/215; RSI/Númenor; SDI1/Númenor; SDI2/Númenor; TII/Númenor; WRI/Númenor
  • nūmenōre ✧ LR/047
  • nūmenor ✧ LR/056
  • Númenórë ✧ LRI/Númenor; TII/Númenor
  • Númenórea ✧ PE22/019
  • Nūmenōre/Nūmenor ✧ SD/240
  • númenóre ✧ SD/247
  • númenor/númenóre ✧ SD/303
  • Nūmenor/Nūmenōre ✧ SD/305
  • Nūmenōre ✧ SD/310
  • Nūmenōrē ✧ SD/343
  • Nûmenôrë ✧ SD/361
Qenya [Ety/NDŪ; LR/014; LR/025; LR/047; LR/056; LR/060; LR/072; LRI/Númenor; PE22/019; RS/215; RSI/Númenor; SD/240; SD/247; SD/303; SD/305; SD/310; SD/343; SD/361; SDI1/Númenor; SDI2/Númenor; TII/Númenor; WRI/Númenor] Group: Eldamo. Published by