Quenya 

Andúnië

sunset

Andúnië (apparently a variant form of andúnë) place-name, a city and port on the western coast of Númenor, said to mean "sunset". (Appendix A, Silm, UT:166, NDŪ/VT45:38)

andúne

noun. sunset

sunset

Quenya [PE 19:77] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

andúnië

place name. Sunset

A city in western Númenor, “so called because it faced the sunset” (S/261). It is andúnë “sunset” with the abstract-noun suffix -ië.

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Andúnie appeared in the earliest tales of Númenor, first as a name for Númenor itself (LR/14), but soon changing to the name of a major city of that land (LR/25). At one point Tolkien considered changing this name to ᴹQ. Undúnië, but he soon rejected the idea (SD/333, SD/340 note #2).

Elements

WordGloss
andúnë“sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west”
-ië“abstract noun, adverb”
Quenya [LotRI/Andúnië; PMI/Andúnië; S/261; SA/andúnë; SI/Andúnië; UT/167; UTI/Andúnië] Group: Eldamo. Published by

andúnë

sunset, west, evening

andúnë noun "sunset, west, evening" (NDŪ, Markirya, SA), also in Namárië: Andúnë "West" (but the standard Quenya translation of "west" is Númen) (Nam, RGEO:66) Cf. andu- in Andúnië, Andúril.

Primitive elvish

ṇdūnē

noun. sunset

Derivations

  • NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)”

Derivatives

  • Q. andúnë “sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west” ✧ PE19/077
Primitive elvish [PE19/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ṇdūnē > andūne[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne]✧ Ety/NDŪ

Variations

  • andūne ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Middle Primitive Elvish

ṇdūnē

noun. sunset

Derivations

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

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. andúne “sunset” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • N. annûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Variations

  • ndūnē ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NDŪ; EtyAC/NDŪ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

aura-nûmin

proper name. Sunset

Elements

WordGloss
aur(a)“Sun”
nûmin“the west, sinking”

Variations

  • Aura·nûmin ✧ GL/20; GL/61
  • Auranúmin ✧ LT1A/Númë
  • Hyrnymi ✧ PE13/114 (Hyrnymi)
Gnomish [GL/20; GL/61; LT1A/Númë; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nalos·aura

proper name. Sunset

Variations

  • Nalos·aura ✧ GL/59
  • nalos aura ✧ GL/61
  • Nalosaura ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda
Gnomish [GG/12; GL/59; GL/61; LT1A/Murmenalda] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

sunqelaine

noun. sunset

Early Quenya [PME/087; QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by