_n. _west. Q. nū-. >> annûn
Quenya
númen
west, the way of the sunset
númë
noun. west
Sindarin
dûn
noun. west
dûn
noun. west
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
Development Stages Sources √ndu > dûn [ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn] ✧ SA/andúnë Variations
- Dûn ✧ LotR/1130
- Dún ✧ WJ/378
annûn
noun. west, sunset
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)*
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
Noldorin
dûn
noun. west
dûn
noun. west
Cognates
- ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ndūne > dûn [ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn] ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
annûn
noun. west, sunset
annûn
noun. west
Cognates
- ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ṇdūnē > annûn [ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn] ✧ Ety/NDŪ
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Qenya
númen
noun. west
Changes
nū-men→ núme-/nú-men ✧ EtyAC/NDŪCognates
Element in
- ᴹQ. númessier “and he gave it into the hands of the Lords: they are in the West” ✧ LR/072
- ᴹQ. Númenos
- ᴹQ. Herunúmen “Lord-of-West”
- ᴹQ.
Lie-númen“Númenoreans”- ᴹQ. malle téna lende númenna “a road [once] went straight westward” ✧ LR/047; LR/056; SD/310
- ᴹQ. Nuaran Númenen “Lord of the West”
- ᴹQ. Númeheru “Lords-of-West, Powers of the West”
- ᴹQ. Númekundo “*West Prince”
- ᴹQ. númen Endorello isse sí Vaia síra “westward of Middle-earth where now Ocean flows” ✧ PE22/126
- ᴹQ. Númenóre “Westernesse” ✧ Ety/NDŪ; SD/240; SD/303; SD/305
- ᴹQ. númenya “western” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
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
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
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
Development Stages Sources 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
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.