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

tumbo

(deep) valley

tumbo (stem *tumbu-, given the primitive form ¤tumbu) noun "(deep) valley", under or among hills (TUB, SA:tum), "depth" (PE17:81). - In early "Qenya", the gloss was "dark vale" (LT1:269). See tumba.

dûn

noun. west

dûn

noun. west

_n. _west. Q. nū-. >> annûn

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

• S. Dúnadan “Man of the West” ✧ PE17/018; SA/andúnë
• S. Dúnedhel “West-Elf” ✧ WJ/378
• S. Dúnedel
• S. Dúneglon

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.

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

dúnedhel

west-elf

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

dûn

noun. west

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

• N. Dunhirion “?West Lord Land”
• N. Eldûn “*West-star”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ndūne > dûn	[ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn]	✧ EtyAC/NDŪ

tûn

place name. Hill City

Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Túna appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s with the gloss “Hill City” (LR/222). It also appeared in The Etymologies derived from the same primitive form as its Quenya equivalent (Ety/TUN).

Conceptual Development: G. Tûn appeared towards the end of notes associated with the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/202), where it was most likely inspired by Old English “tún”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2/292). It also appeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/17, 217). Its development parallels that of its Quenya name; see Q. Tirion for a fuller discussion on the evolution of the name of this city and the hill it stood upon.

Changes

• Tûn → Túna ✧ LR/119
• Tûn → Túna ✧ LR/173
• Tûn → Túna ✧ LR/225
• Tûn → Túna ✧ WJI/Túna

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Túna “Hill City” ✧ Ety/TUN; LR/222

Derivations

• On. Tūna ✧ Ety/TUN
  • ᴹ✶Tūnā̆ ✧ Ety/TUN
  • ᴹ√TUN “*tall; mound” ✧ Ety/TUN

Element in

• N. Eledûn ✧ LR/222

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. Tūna > Tûn	[tūna] > [tūn]	✧ Ety/TUN

annûn

noun. west, sunset

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

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ṇdūnē > annûn	[ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn]	✧ Ety/NDŪ

tum

noun. (deep) valley

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tumbo “deep valley (under or among hills, with high sides)” ✧ Ety/TUB

Derivations

• ᴹ✶tumbu “deep valley under or among hills” ✧ Ety/TUB
  • ᴹ√TUB “to fall low[?], go down (below normal ground level), (esp.) to go down (sink, dive) into water” ✧ Ety/TUB

Element in

• N. Caron-dûn “Red Valley” ✧ RS/419
• N. Dunruin “Red Valley”
• N. Narodûm “Red Valley”
• N. Tum Dincelon “Dimrill-dale”
• N. Tumladen “Level Vale” ✧ Ety/TUB

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶tumbu > tum	[tumbu] > [tumbo] > [tumbo] > [tumb] > [tumb] > [tumm] > [tum]	✧ Ety/TUB