Quenya 

andúne

noun. sunset

sunset

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

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)

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

númen

west, the way of the sunset

númen noun "west, the way of the sunset" (SA:andúnë, cf. NDŪ, MEN; capitalized Númen under SA:men and in CO), "going down, occudent" (Letters:361), also name of tengwa #17 _(Appendix E). _According to VT45:38, the word is actually cited as "nú-men" in Tolkien's Etymologies manuscript. Allative númenna "Westward" (LR:47, SD:310, VT49:20, capitalized Númenna, VT49:22; numenna with a short u, VT49:23); adj. númenquerna "turned westward" (VT49:18, 20). See also númenyaron, númessier. - In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, "nú-men" was intended as the name of tengwa #21, to which letter Tolkien at this stage assigned the value n (VT45:38). However, this tengwa was later given the Quenya value r instead and was renamed órë.

númë

noun. west

Sindarin 

annûn

noun. west, sunset

Sindarin [Ety/376, S/428, LotR/VI:IV, LotR/E, LB/354, Lett] Group: SINDICT. Published by

annûn

going-down

n. going-down, esp. sunset, West. Q. Andúne, andū, Hadorian adûn. >> dûn, Henneth Annûn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:18:64:88:102:121] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

annûn

noun. sunset, west; (lit.) going down

Cognates

  • Q. andúnë “sunset, evening, (orig.) going down; west” ✧ PE17/064; SA/andúnë
  • Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/018

Derivations

  • NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, down, under, below; sink, descend, go down, [ᴹ√] set (of Sun)” ✧ PE17/064; SA/andúnë

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
NDŪ > Annûn[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn]✧ PE17/064

Variations

  • Annûn ✧ LB/354; Let/448; LotR/0674; LotR/0953; LotR/1116; PE17/064; PE17/088; PE17/102; PE17/121
  • Annû(n) ✧ RC/473
Sindarin [LB/354; Let/448; LotR/0674; LotR/0953; LotR/1116; LotR/1123; PE17/018; PE17/064; PE17/088; PE17/102; PE17/121; RC/473; SA/andúnë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dûn

noun. west

Sindarin [Ety/376, S/428, LotR/E-F] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dûn

noun. west

_n. _west. Q. -. >> annûn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:18:121] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dûn

noun. west

Cognates

  • Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/018; SA/andúnë

Derivations

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

Derivatives

  • Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ PE17/018

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ndu > dûn[ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn]✧ SA/andúnë

Variations

  • Dûn ✧ LotR/1130
  • Dún ✧ WJ/378
Sindarin [LotR/1116; LotR/1123; LotR/1130; PE17/018; PE17/121; SA/andúnë; WJ/378] Group: Eldamo. Published by

annûn

west

1) annûn; 2) Dúven (na Núven, o Ndúven). Christopher Tolkien tentatively read the illegible gloss as ”southern” (LR:376 s.v. NDŪ), but the etymology seems to demand the meaning ”west”: dú-ven with the same ending as in Forven ”North” and Harven ”South”. The ending means ”way”, so Dúven may be ”west” considered as a direction. WEST-ELF (Elf of Beleriand, including Noldor and Sindar) Dúnedhel (i Núnedhel), pl. Dúnedhil (i Ndúnedhil). (WJ:378, 386)

annûn

west

annûn

sunset

annûn (west), pl. ennŷn

annûn

sunset

(west), pl. ennŷn

dúven

west

(na Núven, o Ndúven). Christopher Tolkien tentatively read the illegible gloss as ”southern” (LR:376 s.v. NDŪ), but the etymology seems to demand the meaning ”west”: dú-ven with the same ending as in Forven ”North” and Harven ”South”. The ending means ”way”, so Dúven may be ”west” considered as a direction.

dúnedhel

west-elf

(i Núnedhel), pl. *Dúnedhil*** (i Ndúnedhil*). (WJ:378, 386)*

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

Noldorin 

annûn

noun. west, sunset

Noldorin [Ety/376, S/428, LotR/VI:IV, LotR/E, LB/354, Lett] Group: SINDICT. Published by

annûn

noun. west

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Derivations

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

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ṇdūnē > annûn[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn]✧ Ety/NDŪ
Noldorin [Ety/NDŪ; Ety/RŌ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dûn

noun. west

Noldorin [Ety/376, S/428, LotR/E-F] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dûn

noun. west

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Derivations

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

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ndūne > dûn[ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn]✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
Noldorin [Ety/NDŪ; Ety/RŌ] 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

númen

noun. west

Changes

  • nū-mennúme-/nú-men ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ

Cognates

  • Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ SD/240
  • N. dûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • N. annûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • N. dúven “*sunken, western” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Element in

Variations

  • Númen ✧ Ety/MEN; SMI/Númen
  • núme- ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • nú-men ✧ Ety/NDŪ
  • nū-men ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ (nū-men)
  • nūmen ✧ PE22/050
  • nūme ✧ SD/240; SD/305
  • nūmē ✧ SD/303
Qenya [Ety/MEN; Ety/NDŪ; EtyAC/NDŪ; LR/047; LR/056; LR/071; LR/072; PE22/023; PE22/050; PE22/126; SD/240; SD/303; SD/305; SD/310; SMI/Númen] Group: Eldamo. Published by

núme

noun. west

Middle Primitive Elvish

ndūne

noun. west

Derivations

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

Derivatives

  • N. dûn “west” ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/NDŪ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

núme

noun. west

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NUHU “bow, bend down, stoop, sink” ✧ LT1A/Númë; PME/068; QL/068

Element in

  • Eq. Faskala-númen “Bath of the Setting Sun” ✧ LT1A/Faskala-númen
  • Eq. numenda “western” ✧ QL/068
  • Eq. númeta- “to get low (of the Sun), go down in the west” ✧ LT1A/Númë; QL/068
  • Eq. númea “in the west, western” ✧ LT1A/Númë; QL/068
  • Eq. Sirnúmen “Western Stream” ✧ LT1A/Sirnúmen

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NUHU > nūme[nuxmē] > [nuxme] > [nuɣme] > [nūme]✧ QL/068

Variations

  • Nūme ✧ LT1/085
  • Númë ✧ LT1A/Faskala-númen; LT1A/Númë; LT1A/Sirnúmen
  • númë ✧ LT1A/Númë
  • nūme ✧ PME/068; QL/068
Early Quenya [LT1/085; LT1A/Faskala-númen; LT1A/Númë; LT1A/Sirnúmen; PME/068; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sunqelaine

noun. sunset

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