Núnatani

western men

Núnatani noun "Western Men" = Sindarin Dúnedain (WJ:386). Sg. #Núnatan "Dúnadan".

núnatani

collective name. Western Men

The Quenya equivalent of Dúnedain, a compound of núna “western” and the plural of Atan “men” (WJ/386, PE17/18).

núna

adjective. western

An adjective for “western” appearing in Núnatani “Western Men” (PE17/18) based on √NDU “descend”.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. nūmea “in the West” based on ᴱQ. nūme “west” (QL/68).

núna

western

núna adj. "western" (PE17:18), compare the element #nún- "west(ern)" in certain compounds, such as Núnatani and Nunduinë, q.v. (in the latter word, ú is apparently shortened as u before a consonant cluster). Compare númen.

Atan

the second folk

Atan pl. Atani noun "the Second Folk", an Elvish name of Mortal Men, the Second-born of Ilúvatar. Cf. also Núnatani (WJ:386), Hróatani (PE17:18), q.v. Atanalcar masc. name, "Man-glory" (UT:210, cf. alcar). Atanamir masc.name, "Edain-jewel"? (Appendix A). Atanatar masc. name, "Father of Men" (Appendix A), also common noun atanatar, pl. Atanatári, "Fathers of Men", a title that "properly belonged only to the leaders and chieftains of the peoples at the time of their entry into Beleriand" (PM:324, SA:atar)

Hróatani

eastern men

Hróatani noun *"Eastern Men" (PE17:18), as opposed to the Núnatani (Dúnedain, Westmen).

andúna

western

andúna adj. "western" (PE17:18)

andúna

adjective. western

A longer variant of núna “western” (PE17/18), an adjectival form of andúnë “west”.

númenya

western

númenya adj. "western" (NDŪ)

anadûni

adjective. western

An adjective translated “western” formed from the noun adûni “the West” which was in turn formed from the adjective adûn “west”; the initial an- was the genitival prefix (SD/435). This adjective anadûni was in turn femininized to produce the place name Anadûnê “Westeresse, Númenor”.

annui

adjective. western

annui

western

annui. No distinct pl. form.

annui

western

. No distinct pl. form.

dúnen

adjective. western

A neologism coined by Röandil in 2023-09-28 on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), an adjectival form of dûn “west” analogous to rhúnen “east[ern]”.