Númerrámar

west-wings

Númerrámar noun "West-wings", name of a ship (Númen + rámar, note assimilation nr > rr) (UT:175)

númerrámar

proper name. West-wings

The ship in which Aldarion first sailed from Númenor to Middle-earth, translated “West-wings” (UT/175). It is a compound of númen “west” and the plural of ráma “wing”, with the final -n of númen assimilated to the r.

Elements

Word	Gloss
númen	“west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down”
ráma	“wing, wing; [ᴱQ.] arm”