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).

Cognates

• S. Dúnadan “Man of the West” ✧ PE17/018; WJI/Dúnedain; WJ/386; WJI/Núnatani

Elements

Word	Gloss
núna	“western”
Atan	“Man, (lit.) the Second (People)”

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.

núna

adjective. western

Element in

• Q. Núnatani “Western Men” ✧ PE17/018
• Q. Nunduinë “*West River”
• S. Núneth

andúna

western

andúna adj. "western" (PE17:18)

andúna

adjective. western

Elements

Word	Gloss
andúnë	“sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west”
-a	“adjectival suffix”

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)

númenya

western

númenya adj. "western" (NDŪ)

Hróatani

eastern men

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